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Waroona · Suburb / Locality

Language in Waroona

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

English is the dominant language in Waroona, where 85.7% of people speak only English at home. While a small number of residents use other languages, the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state or national averages.

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📍 Waroona, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 6.9% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Italian is the most common non-English language at 3.2%, and very few people (0.7%) speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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6.9% ▼ -11.4%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.7% ▼ -17.4%

Higher than 73% 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.

Language used at home

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In Waroona, English only is the majority at 95%; Italian is next at 4%.

English only 85.7% Italian 3.2% Tagalog 0.5% Mandarin 0.2% Arabic 0.2%

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 Waroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51536/waroona/topic/language