6.5% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Whyalla · Urban Centre
Language in Whyalla
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Whyalla speak a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas, though this is still a small group. Only 6.5% of the population use another language, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 6.5% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country. English is the main language for 87.1% of the area, and very few people—just 0.5%—speak little or no English.
0.5% —
Higher than 67% 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.
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 Whyalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL412004/whyalla/topic/language