18.9% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Warabrook · Suburb / Locality
Language in Warabrook
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 77.3% of people in Warabrook, though the area is more linguistically diverse than many similar places. While most residents speak English, nearly one in five people use another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 18.9% of residents speak a language other than English, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though well below the national figure of 22.3%. Mandarin is the most common second language at 4.4%, and 4.3% of people speak little or no English.
4.3% ▲ +34.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Warabrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14158/warabrook/topic/language