23.3% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Woolloomooloo · Suburb / Locality
Language in Woolloomooloo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Woolloomooloo than in most similar areas. While 23.3% of residents use another language at home, this is slightly above the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 67.1% of residents, followed by Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Italian. Despite the high use of other languages, the 3.5% who speak little or no English is about the same as the national figure.
3.5% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Woolloomooloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14424/woolloomooloo/topic/language