11.2% ▲ +45.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Woodvale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Woodvale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 87% of people in Woodvale. While most residents speak only English, 11.2% of the community uses another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Though more people use another language here than in many nearby spots, the 11.2% figure is far below the national average of 22.3%. Very few residents struggle with the local tongue, as only 0.9% speak little or no English.
0.9% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Woodvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51641/woodvale/topic/language