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Language spoken at home

In 2021, 82.9% of recent overseas arrivals in 2021, spoke a language other than English at home.

Willoughby City Council's language statistics show the proportion of the population who speak a language at home other than English. For recent arrivals, this is a good indicator of translation services which might be required, as recent arrivals may be less likely to have good English skills. They represent the languages which have increased in prevalence in just the last few years in Willoughby City Council compared to Greater Sydney.

Willoughby City Council's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'

Language spoken at home - Ranked by size
Willoughby City Council - Recent arrivals2021
LanguageNumber%Greater Sydney
Mandarin2,02027.412.6
Hindi5427.35.0
Cantonese5287.22.5
Japanese4155.60.6
Korean3004.11.6
Nepali2903.98.7
Spanish1682.33.0
Thai1442.01.3
Tagalog1301.81.9
Filipino1291.71.7
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Excludes languages with fewer than 10 people speaking them at home.

Language spoken at home - Summary
Willoughby City Council - Recent arrivals2021
Language summaryNumber%Greater Sydney
Speaks English only1,19216.217.6
Non-English total6,11982.981.0
Not stated680.91.3
Total people7,379100.0100.0
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals in Willoughby City Council in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney 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, 16.2% of recent overseas arrivals spoke English only, and 82.9% spoke a non-English language, compared with 17.6% and 81.0% respectively for Greater Sydney.

The dominant language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals, other than English, in Willoughby City Council was Mandarin, with 27.4% of the population, or 2,020 people speaking this language at home.

The major differences between the languages spoken at home for the recent overseas arriving population of Willoughby City and Greater Sydney in 2021 were:

  • A larger percentage speaking Mandarin at home (27.4% compared to 12.6%)
  • A larger percentage speaking Japanese at home (5.6% compared to 0.6%)
  • A smaller percentage speaking Nepali at home (3.9% compared to 8.7%)
  • A smaller percentage speaking Arabic at home (0.7% compared to 5.4%)

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