2.9% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Waaia · Suburb / Locality
Language in Waaia
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap exists between Waaia and the rest of the country, as only 2.9% of people here use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3% and the Victorian rate of 27.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home for 91.4% of residents. While the area has a higher proportion of people speaking little or no English than most similar areas, the actual figure is 0.0%, which is well below the national average.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Waaia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22639/waaia/topic/language