Cape Woolamai · Urban Centre

Language in Cape Woolamai

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

English is spoken by the vast majority of people in Cape Woolamai, with 83.4% using only this language at home. While this is far below the national figure, the area has a slightly higher proportion of people using other languages than most similar places.

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📍 Cape Woolamai, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure that has fallen by 5.3 points since 2011. This is consistent with the fact that very few people here, just 0.3%, speak little or no English.

4.8% ▼ -52.4%

Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 10.1%
  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 2021: 4.8%

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

0.3% ▲ —

Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Cape Woolamai, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 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 Cape Woolamai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215019/cape-woolamai/topic/language