2.4% ▼ -66.2%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 47.8%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Walpole · Urban Centre
Language in Walpole
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people use a language other than English at home in Walpole than in the rest of the country. Only 2.4% of the population speaks another language, which is far below both the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 91.7% of residents, and the 2.4% who use another language is a figure that has fallen since 2011. This helps explain why no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 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.
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 Walpole [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522061/walpole/topic/language