Wartook · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wartook

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English remains the dominant language in Wartook, where 92% of people speak only English at home. While the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar small places, it has far fewer people using other languages than the state or national averages.

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📍 Wartook, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 5.7% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Notably, no one in the area speaks little or no English, a result well below both the state and Australian averages.

5.7% ▲ +81.8%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 5.7%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

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.

Language used at home

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In Wartook, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Wartook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22713/wartook/topic/language