32.6% —
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Werribee - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Werribee - West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism is a defining part of daily life in Werribee - West, where over 32% of people speak a language other than English at home. This represents a significant shift for the area, as the proportion of people using other languages has jumped 14 percentage points since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 32.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is spoken by 61.6%, Punjabi (4.4%) and Hindi (2.4%) are common, though the 3.8% who speak little or no English is about the same as the Victorian average.
3.8% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Werribee - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051468/werribee-west/topic/language