1.7% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Walkerston · Urban Centre
Language in Walkerston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap exists between Walkerston and the rest of the country, as only 1.7% of people here use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Almost everyone in the area speaks English, and this has barely changed over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 89% of the community. Only 0.1% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4% and is similar to other areas of this type.
0.1% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
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 Walkerston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315096/walkerston/topic/language