4.1% ▼ -35.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Waldara · Suburb / Locality
Language in Waldara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About the same as most similar areas, Waldara is a place where very few people use a language other than English at home. Only 4.1% of residents speak another language, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 92.6% of the community, with Italian being the most common second language at 3.0%. While slightly more people speak little or no English compared to most similar areas, this figure is still well below the state average at just 0.4%.
0.4% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Waldara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22650/waldara/topic/language