62.6% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.6%
- 2016: 62.3%
- 2021: 62.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Woodcroft · Suburb / Locality
Language in Woodcroft
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge variety of languages is heard in the streets of Woodcroft, where 62.6% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 34.7% of residents, while Tagalog (12.1%), Punjabi (6.9%), and Hindi (6.6%) are the most common other languages. This high diversity is reflected in the 5.3% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the Australian average.
5.3% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Woodcroft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14399/woodcroft/topic/language