Williamstown · Suburb / Locality

Language in Williamstown

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

English is spoken by almost everyone in Williamstown, with a very small 4.8% of residents using another language at home. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.

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📍 Williamstown, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 4.8% of people use a language other than English at home—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is still far below the Western Australian average of 18.4%. There are no residents who speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.

4.8% ▲ +58.5%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 9.5%
  • 2021: 4.8%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Williamstown, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Williamstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51615/williamstown/topic/language