15.0% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Waramanga · Suburb / Locality
Language in Waramanga
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much lower share of people speak a language other than English in Waramanga compared to the rest of the territory. While 15.0% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the Australian Capital Territory's 24.6% and the national figure of 22.3%. Most people here use English as their only language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language for 80.4% of residents, though Italian, Mandarin and Hindi are also spoken. Despite the overall low trend, 1.9% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.9% ▲ +34.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Waramanga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80130/waramanga/topic/language