9.1% ▲ +66.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Woy Woy · Suburb / Locality
Language in Woy Woy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people in Woy Woy speak a language other than English compared to the state and national figures. While only 9.1% of residents use another language at home, this is still much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 85.1% of the population. Only 1.7% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4% but much higher than in most similar areas.
1.7% ▲ +41.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Woy Woy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14443/woy-woy/topic/language