19.0% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Watsonia · Suburb / Locality
Language in Watsonia
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people in Watsonia speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the state. While 19.0% of residents use another language, this is well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. English remains the dominant tongue, spoken exclusively by 77.3% of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About one in five people use a language other than English, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 3.0%, while 2.4% of residents speak little or no English.
2.4% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Watsonia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22721/watsonia/topic/language