55.2% —
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wahroonga (West) - Waitara · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Wahroonga (West) - Waitara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all residents in Wahroonga (West) - Waitara speak a language other than English at home. This high level of linguistic variety makes the area far more diverse than most of Australia, with 55.2% of people using a non-English language daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 14.6%, followed by Cantonese, Hindi and Tagalog. While 55.2% of people use another language at home, 8.3% speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the national average.
8.3% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Wahroonga (West) - Waitara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121021579/wahroonga-waitara/topic/language