24.1% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wiluna · Council (LGA)
Language in Wiluna
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small decline in the share of people using other languages at home has occurred in Wiluna since 2011. Despite this, nearly one in four residents still speaks a language other than English, which is well above the state average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.1% of people in Wiluna use a language other than English at home, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. While this is well above the Western Australian average, very few residents—just 0.6%—speak little or no English.
0.6% ▼ -58.4%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Wiluna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59250/wiluna/topic/language