35.2% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Willawong · Suburb / Locality
Language in Willawong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher proportion of people speak a language other than English in Willawong compared to the rest of the state. More than a third of residents use a second language at home, with 35.2% doing so, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 62.8% speak only English, Mandarin is the most common second language at 12.4%. This linguistic diversity is reflected in the 6.2% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the Queensland average.
6.2% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Willawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33077/willawong/topic/language