39.9% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Waterford · Suburb / Locality
Language in Waterford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 40% of people in Waterford use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its type, with a significant portion of the population speaking languages from around the world.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 55.7% of residents, though Mandarin (12.7%) and Cantonese (5.1%) are also common. This high diversity is reflected in the fact that 4.3% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the state figure.
4.3% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Waterford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51544/waterford/topic/language