39.2% ▲ +45.6%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wantirna · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Wantirna
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 40% of people in Wantirna speak a language other than English at home, making it far more linguistically diverse than most areas. This shift is clear in the numbers, as the proportion of people using another language has climbed 12 points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 12.7%, followed by Cantonese at 6.2%. This diversity is reflected in the 6.9% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the national average of 3.4%.
6.9% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Wantirna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211011259/wantirna/topic/language