5.0% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Wodonga · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in West Wodonga
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 5% of people in West Wodonga use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia. While the number of people speaking other languages has risen slightly since 2011, English remains the dominant tongue.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home for 89.7% of residents. Very few people here speak little or no English (0.8%), which is well below the Victorian figure of 4.4% and lower than most other areas.
0.8% ▲ +31.7%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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).
More for West Wodonga
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in West Wodonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204031073/west-wodonga/topic/language