7.7% ▲ +51.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Woongarrah · Suburb / Locality
Language in Woongarrah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Woongarrah, where the proportion of people using other languages at home has risen since 2011. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.7% of residents speak another language at home, which is higher than in most similar areas but still far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Only 0.7% of people speak little or no English, while the vast majority (88.5%) speak only English.
0.7% ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Woongarrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14433/woongarrah/topic/language