Willagee · Suburb / Locality

Language in Willagee

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

Much higher numbers of residents in Willagee speak a language other than English compared to most similar areas. While 13% of people use another language at home, this is still well below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.

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📍 Willagee, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language spoken at home for 80.8% of residents, with Mandarin and Italian being the next most common. Only 1.4% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure.

13.0% ▲ +13.6%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.4%
  • 2016: 13.4%
  • 2021: 13.0%

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

1.4% ▼ -30.6%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 1.4%

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 Willagee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51610/willagee/topic/language