9.9% ▲ +68.2%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wagga Wagga - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Wagga Wagga - West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for 83.1% of people in Wagga Wagga - West. While the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state or national average, more people have started speaking a language other than English at home over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.9% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This rose 4.0 percentage points since 2011, though only 1.8% of people speak little or no English.
1.8% ▲ +45.4%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Wagga Wagga - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/113031270/wagga-wagga-west/topic/language