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Western area - Greendale and Surrounds

Proficiency in English

In Western area - Greendale and Surrounds in 2021, 208 females who spoke a language other than English at home reported difficulty speaking English.

Proficiency in English measures the self-assessed proficiency in spoken English of people who speak a language other than English at home. The data, when viewed with other ethnic and cultural indicators, such as Ancestry, Country of Birth, Language Spoken at Home and Religion, reflects Western area - Greendale and Surrounds's ethnic composition and how long the overseas born have been in Australia. This helps service providers determine whether they need to communicate with the local population in languages other than English.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'How well does the person speak English?'

Proficiency in English
Western area - Greendale and Surrounds - Total females (Usual residence)20212001Change
English proficiencyNumber%Wattle Grove %Number%Wattle Grove %2001 to 2021
Speaks English only1,88459.564.72,03661.370.5-152
Speaks English well or very well86927.529.770821.322.1+161
Speaks English not well or not at all2086.63.31925.82.6+16
Not stated2046.42.338811.74.8-184
Total population3,165100.0100.03,324100.0100.0-159
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the proficiency in English data of the female population in Western area - Greendale and Surrounds in 2021 compared to Wattle Grove shows that there was a lower proportion of females who spoke English only, and a higher proportion of females who spoke another language and English not well or not at all.

Overall, 59.5% of females spoke English only, and 6.6% spoke another language and English not well or not at all, compared with 64.7% and 3.3% respectively for Wattle Grove.

Emerging groups

The most significant changes in the proficiency in English of the female population in this area between 2001 and 2021 were in those speaking:

  • Speaks English well or very well (+161 females)
  • Speaks English only (-152 females)

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