9.3% ▲ +92.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Woollamia · Suburb / Locality
Language in Woollamia
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Woollamia compared to the rest of the country. Only 9.3% of residents use another language at home, which is well below both the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 85.9% of residents, the 9.3% who speak another tongue is much higher than in most similar areas. This is consistent with a higher than usual rate of people who speak little or no English, though at 0.9% this remains well below the New South Wales figure.
0.9% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Woollamia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14423/woollamia/topic/language