3.9% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wellington · Council (LGA)
Language in Wellington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Wellington compared to most other areas. Only 3.9% of residents use a different language at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87.2% of the population, and the proportion of people using another language is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This is reflected in the very low 0.5% of people who speak little or no English, which is well below the state average.
0.5% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26810/wellington/topic/language