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Wolli Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Wolli Creek

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Conversations in many different tongues are a common part of daily life in Wolli Creek. About 67.1% of people here use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average.

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📍 Wolli Creek, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 26% of residents speak English only, while 21.6% use Mandarin. This high linguistic diversity is reflected in the 9.4% of people who speak little or no English, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.

People who speak little or no English

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9.4% —

Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Wolli Creek, the largest group is English only at 42%, followed by Mandarin (35%) and Cantonese (10%).

English only 26.0% Mandarin 21.6% Cantonese 6.4% Vietnamese 2.8% Arabic 1.7% Hindi 1.3% Tagalog 1.1% Greek 0.5% Italian 0.5% Punjabi 0.1%

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 Wolli Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119041671/wolli-creek/topic/language