4.4% ▲ +144.9%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wagga Wagga Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Wagga Wagga Surrounds
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Wagga Wagga Surrounds have started using a language other than English at home, with this figure rising to 4.4% since 2011. Despite this growth, the area remains much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia, where English is the dominant language for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This is reflected in the fact that 88.3% speak only English, and the 0.4% who speak little or no English is well below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.4% ▲ +38.2%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/113031271/wagga-wagga-surrounds/topic/language