6.2% ▲ +1348.6%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Waterfall · Urban Centre
Language in Waterfall
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone in Waterfall, though a small increase in diversity is visible. While 91.3% of the area speaks only English, the number of people using another language at home rose to 6.2% by 2021.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using a language other than English has risen to 6.2%, which is much higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Tagalog is the most common second language at 1.7%, and notably, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Waterfall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121118/waterfall/topic/language