8.3% ▲ +33.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Withers · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Higher language diversity than most similar areas defines Withers, though it remains far below the national average. Only 8.3% of residents speak a language other than English at home, while the vast majority use only English.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.5% of the community. While 1.2% of people speak little or no English—a figure much higher than in most similar areas—this is still a little below the state and national rates.
8.3% ▲ +33.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.2% ▲ +23.3%
Higher than 78% 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 Withers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51625/withers/topic/language