27.9% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Willoughby · Suburb / Locality
Language in Willoughby
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost 28% of people in Willoughby speak a language other than English at home, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse places at this level, though most residents still speak English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 27.9% of residents use another language, only 3.8% speak little or no English. The most common non-English languages spoken are Mandarin at 5.9% and Cantonese at 4.6%.
3.8% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Willoughby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14320/willoughby/topic/language