Willow Grove · Urban Centre

Language in Willow Grove

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

Just 6% of people in Willow Grove use a language other than English at home, though this is higher than in most similar areas. While the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages, the proportion of people speaking other languages at home has risen by 4.7 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Willow Grove, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 84.9% of residents, with Mandarin being the next most common language at 3.2%. Notably, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English, a figure well below the national average.

6.0% ▲ +386.1%

Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 6.0%

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 Willow Grove, English only is the majority at 96%; Mandarin is next at 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 Willow Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222101/willow-grove/topic/language