4.0% ▲ +87.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Walkervale · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 4% of people in Walkervale use a language other than English at home. This is a very low figure compared to the national average, making it an area where English is overwhelmingly the primary language.
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 89.9% of residents. While only 0.3% of people speak little or no English—a figure that is actually higher than most similar areas—this remains well below the national average of 3.4%.
4.0% ▲ +87.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% ▼ -63.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Walkervale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32960/walkervale/topic/language