Waterview Heights · Urban Centre

Language in Waterview Heights

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

English is the primary language for 92.8% of people in Waterview Heights. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state or the nation.

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📍 Waterview Heights, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average of 22.3%. Meanwhile, 0.5% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than in most similar areas.

2.9% ▲ +23.7%

Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 2021: 2.9%

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

0.5% ▲ —

Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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 Waterview Heights, English only is the majority at 99%; Punjabi is next at 0%.

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 Waterview Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121119/waterview-heights/topic/language