27.2% ▲ +65.2%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wahroonga (East) - Warrawee · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Wahroonga (East) - Warrawee
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Wahroonga (East) - Warrawee than in most similar areas. This shift is significant, as the share of people using another language at home rose 11 percentage points since 2011 to reach 27.2%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 70.2% of residents speak only English, Mandarin is the most common other language at 10%. Only 3.1% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
3.1% ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 (East) - Warrawee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121031412/wahroonga-warrawee/topic/language