49.8% ▲ +64.3%
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wyndham · Council (LGA)
Language in Wyndham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Wyndham use a language other than English at home, placing it among the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This figure has climbed significantly over the last decade, reaching 49.8% in 2021.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 44% of people, Punjabi (7.1%), Hindi (4.8%), and Mandarin (3.6%) are the most common other tongues. About 5.8% of the population speaks little or no English, which is a little above the national figure of 3.4%.
5.8% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Wyndham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27260/wyndham/topic/language