6.7% ▲ +67.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Waranga Shores · Suburb / Locality
Language in Waranga Shores
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English continues to be the primary language spoken in Waranga Shores, where 87.6% of residents use only English at home. While a small number of people speak other languages, this is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.7% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Mandarin is the most common second language at 3.5%, and 3.8% of residents speak little or no English.
3.8% ▲ —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Waranga Shores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22687/waranga-shores/topic/language