2.5% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Werris Creek · Urban Centre
Language in Werris Creek
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for almost everyone in Werris Creek, where only 2.5% of people speak another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 90.1% of residents speak only English, and the proportion of people using other languages has barely changed since 2011. Notably, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
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 Werris Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115157/werris-creek/topic/language