15.8% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wollongong · Council (LGA)
Language in Wollongong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Different languages are heard in the streets of Wollongong, where 15.8% of people speak a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents use English only, though the community includes speakers of Arabic, Italian and Mandarin.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.8% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains far below the New South Wales rate of 26.6%. Around 2.5% of residents speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18450/wollongong/topic/language