18.0% ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 56% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wentworth · Federal Electorate
Language in Wentworth
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer than one in five people speak a language other than English at home in Wentworth, which is well below the national figure. While the area is predominantly English-speaking, the proportion of people using another language has risen slightly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 18% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure well below both the state and national averages. This aligns with the fact that very few people—just 1.4%—speak little or no English, which is lower than in most areas.
1.4% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 60% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Wentworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED145/wentworth/topic/language