4.3% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Waggrakine · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About the same as most similar areas, Waggrakine is a place where very few people use a language other than English at home. Only 4.3% of residents do so, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 84% of residents. While only 0.5% of people speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.
4.3% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.5% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Waggrakine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51500/waggrakine/topic/language