6.0% ▲ +17.8%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wangaratta · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Wangaratta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A slow rise in the number of people using other languages at home has been seen in Wangaratta since 2011. Only 6.0% of residents speak a language other than English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 88.5% of the population, and the 6.0% who use another language at home is far below the Victorian average. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.7% speaking little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.7% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204021066/wangaratta/topic/language