Woollamia · Urban Centre

Language in Woollamia

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

English is the dominant tongue in Woollamia, where 86% of people speak only this language at home. While the proportion of people using other languages is much higher than in similar areas, it remains far below the national figure.

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📍 Woollamia, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 10.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure that rose 1.2 percentage points since 2011. This diversity is led by Arabic and Greek speakers, yet no one in the area speaks little or no English.

10.5% ▲ +13.0%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 9.3%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 10.5%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

Language used at home

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In Woollamia, English only is the majority at 97%; Arabic is next at 2%.

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 Woollamia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122153/woollamia/topic/language