27.5% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Whalan · Suburb / Locality
Language in Whalan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 28% of people in Whalan use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind, with a mix of English and several other global languages spoken across the suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 61.2% of residents speak only English, 27.5% use another language, including Arabic, Tagalog, and Hindi. This diversity is reflected in the 5.0% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the Australian average.
5.0% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Whalan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14283/whalan/topic/language