9.1% ▲ +41.0%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
High Wycombe · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in High Wycombe
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in High Wycombe, where very few people struggle to communicate in the local language. Only 9.1% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is used by 86.4% of the population, the use of other languages rose slightly since 2011 to 9.1%. This is well below the Western Australian average, and very few people here—just 0.9%—speak little or no English.
0.9% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 High Wycombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506051139/high-wycombe/topic/language