16.0% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Woree · Suburb / Locality
Language in Woree
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A wider gap exists between Woree and the national average for language use, as only 16.0% of residents speak a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the Australian figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English (68.7%), though Punjabi and Tagalog are the most common other languages. Despite this, 2.0% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.0% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
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 Woree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33165/woree/topic/language