14.9% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Williamstown · Suburb / Locality
Language in Williamstown
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much lower share of people speak a language other than English in Williamstown compared to the rest of the state. Only 14.9% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. While this is lower than the state and national averages, it is still much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (81.8%), with Greek and Italian being the next most common languages. Very few people speak little or no English at 1.4%, a figure that is well below the Victorian average but much higher than in most other similar areas.
1.4% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Williamstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22792/williamstown/topic/language