Windaroo · Suburb / Locality

Language in Windaroo

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant language for 93.7% of people in Windaroo. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the national average, with very few residents speaking a language other than English at home.

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📍 Windaroo, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.4% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. Despite this, 0.5% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.

4.4% ▼ -22.0%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.6%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 4.4%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.5% ▲ +29.8%

Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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.

Language used at home

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In Windaroo, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

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 Windaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33091/windaroo/topic/language