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Williams Landing - Laverton North

Language used at home

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In Williams Landing - Laverton North, 61.5% of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.

Williams Landing - Laverton North's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.

Williams Landing - Laverton North'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.

Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.

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Derived from the Census question:

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

Language used at home - Summary
Williams Landing - Laverton North - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Language summaryNumber%Bellbridge %Number%Bellbridge %2006 to 2021
Speaks English only3,10432.358.826763.272.8+2,837
Non-English total5,90261.536.711527.323.0+5,787
Not stated5916.24.5409.54.2+551
Total Population9,597100.0100.0423100.0100.0+9,174
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Language used at home - Ranked by size
Williams Landing - Laverton North - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Language (excludes English)Number%Bellbridge %Number%Bellbridge %2006 to 2021
Mandarin9199.61.941.00.5+915
Hindi6727.02.161.60.8+665
Punjabi5665.92.030.80.1+563
Telugu3984.11.10--0.1+398
Gujarati3173.30.90----+317
Urdu2923.01.10--0.7+292
Indonesian2252.30.40--0.2+225
Filipino/Tagalog2112.22.2133.21.8+198
Cantonese2102.20.671.70.9+203
Vietnamese1661.71.320.50.7+164
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Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Williams Landing - Laverton North in 2021 compared to Bellbridge shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who used English only, and a larger proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).

Overall, 32.3% of the population used English only, and 61.5% used a non-English language, compared with 58.8% and 36.7% respectively for Bellbridge.

The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Williams Landing - Laverton North was Mandarin, with 9.6% of the population, or 919 people using this language at home.

The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Williams Landing - Laverton North and Bellbridge in 2021 were:

  • A larger percentage using Mandarin at home (9.6% compared to 1.9%)
  • A larger percentage using Hindi at home (7.0% compared to 2.1%)
  • A larger percentage using Punjabi at home (5.9% compared to 2.0%)
  • A larger percentage using Telugu at home (4.1% compared to 1.1%)

Emerging groups

Between 2006 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 5,787 or 5032.2%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 2,837 or 1062.5%.

The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Williams Landing - Laverton North between 2006 and 2021 were for those using:

  • Mandarin (+915 persons)
  • Hindi (+665 persons)
  • Punjabi (+563 persons)
  • Telugu (+398 persons)

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