35.4% ▲ +40.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Woodbine · Suburb / Locality
Language in Woodbine
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Among the highest in the region for linguistic variety, Woodbine sees 35.4% of residents speaking a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%. Most people still use English only, but Arabic is a common second language here.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
More than a third of people use a language other than English at home, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This diversity includes 9.8% speaking Arabic and smaller groups using Hindi, Tagalog and Punjabi, while 4.8% speak little or no English.
4.8% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Woodbine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14396/woodbine/topic/language