2.5% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Williamtown · Suburb / Locality
Language in Williamtown
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 93.2% of people in Williamtown. This is a very high proportion compared to the rest of the country, where far fewer people speak only English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 2.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Despite this, the 0.4% who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas.
0.4% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Williamtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14316/williamtown/topic/language