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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 46.3% of children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Whitehorse spoke a language other than English at home.
The City of Whitehorse's language statistics show the proportion of the population in the selected age group who speak a language at home other than English, and the main languages spoken. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language at different ages.
The City of Whitehorse's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth as different cultural groups are better analysed through the different topics. For major language groups, Community of Interest profiles are available for that specific language by a range of characteristics.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
| Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Whitehorse - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language | Number | % | City of Whitehorse - Total population | Number | % | City of Whitehorse - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
| Mandarin | 1,753 | 22.5 | 16.2 | 1,463 | 16.5 | 12.9 | +290 |
| Cantonese | 388 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 343 | 3.9 | 5.3 | +45 |
| Non-verbal, so described | 187 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 292 | 3.3 | 0.2 | -105 |
| Hindi | 109 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 96 | 1.1 | 1.1 | +13 |
| Korean | 94 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 85 | 1.0 | 0.8 | +9 |
| Persian (excluding Dari) | 89 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 63 | 0.7 | 0.7 | +26 |
| Vietnamese | 84 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 82 | 0.9 | 1.3 | +2 |
| Greek | 72 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 110 | 1.2 | 2.5 | -38 |
| Punjabi | 62 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 72 | 0.8 | 0.6 | -10 |
| Gujarati | 61 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 43 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +18 |
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| Language spoken at home - Summary | |||||||
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| City of Whitehorse - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | City of Whitehorse - Total population | Number | % | City of Whitehorse - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 3,896 | 50.0 | 55.9 | 5,039 | 56.9 | 59.3 | -1,143 |
| Non-English total | 3,604 | 46.3 | 40.5 | 3,394 | 38.4 | 36.7 | +210 |
| Not stated | 286 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 417 | 4.7 | 4.0 | -131 |
| Total people | 7,786 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 8,850 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -1,064 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the language spoken at home by children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Whitehorse in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Whitehorse shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who spoke English only, and a larger proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 50.0% of children aged 0 to 4 years spoke English only, and 46.3% of% spoke a non-English language, compared with 55.9% and 40.5% respectively for the total population in the City of Whitehorse.
Other than English, the dominant language spoken at home by children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Whitehorse was Mandarin, with 22.5% of the population, or 1,753 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for children aged 0 to 4 years of the City of Whitehorse and the total population in the City of Whitehorse in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage speaking Mandarin at home (22.5% compared to 16.2%)
- A larger percentage speaking Non-verbal, so described at home (2.4% compared to 0.1%)
- A smaller percentage speaking Greek at home (0.9% compared to 2.3%)
Emerging groups
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of children aged 0 to 4 years who spoke a language other than English at home increased by 210 or 6.2%, and the number of people who spoke English only decreased by 1,143 or 22.7%.
The largest changes in the spoken languages of children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Whitehorse between 2016 and 2021 were for those speaking:
- Mandarin (+290 persons)
- Non-verbal, so described (-105 persons)
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