11.7% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Whorouly · Suburb / Locality
Language in Whorouly
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Whorouly now speak a language other than English at home compared to previous years. While 11.7% of residents use another language, this figure remains far below the national average of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83% of residents, though Italian is common here at 8.1%. While 11.7% use another language and 2.3% speak little or no English, both figures are much higher than in most similar areas.
2.3% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Whorouly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22777/whorouly/topic/language