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Willagee (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Willagee (South Metropolitan)

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

English is the primary language for 76.5% of people in Willagee. While more residents have begun using other languages at home since 2011, the area remains less linguistically diverse than the national average.

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📍 Willagee (South Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 18.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure. Italian is the most common second language, while only 2.1% of residents speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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18.4% ▲ +14.2%

Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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2.1% ▼ -16.9%

Higher than 58% of state electorate 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.

Language used at home

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In Willagee (South Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 92%; Italian is next at 3%.

English only 76.5% Italian 2.5% Mandarin 1.8% Cantonese 0.9% Tagalog 0.7% Vietnamese 0.4% Arabic 0.3% Punjabi 0.2% Hindi 0.2% Greek 0.1%

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 (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55905/willagee/topic/language