4.6% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wonthaggi - Inverloch · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Wonthaggi - Inverloch
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language use in Wonthaggi - Inverloch has barely changed since 2011, remaining a very linguistically uniform area. Almost 90% of residents speak only English at home, with only 4.6% using another language, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 89.3% of the community, while only 0.5% of people speak little or no English. This is well below the Victorian average and reflects a trend where the use of other languages has remained stable over the last decade.
0.5% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Wonthaggi - Inverloch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205031093/wonthaggi-inverloch/topic/language