15.0% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Williamstown · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Williamstown
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Williamstown, where 81.6% of people speak only this language at home. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the state average, and these patterns have remained steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 15% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure well below the Australian average of 22.3%. This low level of diversity is reflected in the fact that just 1.4% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure.
1.4% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Williamstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213021346/williamstown/topic/language