41.8% ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Whitehorse - West · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Whitehorse - West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English in Whitehorse - West compared to the rest of the country. Around 41.8% of residents use another language at home, which is 19 percentage points above the national figure. This linguistic diversity has grown steadily over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 17.8%, followed by Cantonese at 5.4%. Because of this diversity, the 9.0% of people who speak little or no English is well above both the state and national figures.
9.0% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.0%
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 Whitehorse - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20703/whitehorse-west/topic/language