Wooroolin · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wooroolin

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

English is the dominant tongue for daily life in Wooroolin, where very few residents use a different language at home. Only 2.8% of the population speaks a language other than English, which is far below the national figure.

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📍 Wooroolin, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 91% of people speak only English at home, a figure far below the Australian average of 22.3%. While some residents speak other languages like Arabic, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.

2.8% ▲ +121.5%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 2.8%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Wooroolin, English only is the majority at 99%; Arabic 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 Wooroolin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33158/wooroolin/topic/language