5.2% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wangaratta · Council (LGA)
Language in Wangaratta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 89% of people in Wangaratta. Very few residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below both the state and national figures. This linguistic profile has remained steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.2% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Consistent with this, only 0.7% of the population speak little or no English, a rate well below the state average.
0.7% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26700/wangaratta/topic/language