5.8% ▲ +86.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Warrnambool · Suburb / Locality
Language in Warrnambool
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Warrnambool, where only 5.8% of people use another language at home. While this is higher than in many similar areas, it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, accounting for 88.5% of the population. Around 1% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure of 3.4% but much higher than most similar areas.
1.0% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Warrnambool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22710/warrnambool/topic/language