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Heywood · Urban Centre

Language in Heywood

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

Just 2.5% of people in Heywood use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the town much less linguistically diverse than most other areas in the region. This pattern has remained steady since 2011.

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📍 Heywood, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 86% of the community, and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is well below the Australian average at only 0.3%. Small numbers of residents speak Greek or Vietnamese.

People using another language at home

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2.5% ▼ -2.8%

Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.3% ▼ -31.6%

Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.

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 Heywood, English only is the majority at 99%; Greek is next at 1%.

English only 86.0% Greek 0.5% Vietnamese 0.4%

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 Heywood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215040/heywood/topic/language