3.1% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Woombye · Suburb / Locality
Language in West Woombye
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.1% of people in West Woombye use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it a very linguistically uniform area. The vast majority of residents speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 87.8% of residents. While very few people use other languages, those who speak little or no English make up 0.6% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas.
0.6% ▲ +86.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 West Woombye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33044/west-woombye/topic/language