4.0% ▲ +105.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Watchem · Suburb / Locality
Language in Watchem
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant way of communicating in Watchem, where only 4% of people use another language at home. This is far below the state and national figures, reflecting a community with very little linguistic diversity.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 75% of residents speak only English, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English. This is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia, though it is actually higher than most similar areas.
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.
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 Watchem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22714/watchem/topic/language