4.5% ▲ —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Walpa · Suburb / Locality
Language in Walpa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way people communicate in Walpa, where only 4.5% of residents use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While few people speak other languages, a small number find it difficult to communicate in English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.5% of people here use a language other than English at home, which is far below the 27.6% seen across Victoria. However, the 4.5% who speak little or no English is among the highest for similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 3.4%.
4.5% ▼ -31.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Walpa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22666/walpa/topic/language