45.0% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wyndham Vale - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all people in Wyndham Vale - North use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other places across the country.
English and the largest community languages.
About 45% of residents speak another language at home, a rate far above the 22.3% seen across Australia. While English is the most common language at 47.6%, Punjabi (7%) and Hindi (4.7%) are also widely spoken; meanwhile, 5.3% of people speak little or no English.
45.0% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
5.3% —
Higher than 83% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Wyndham Vale - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051589/wyndham-vale-north/topic/language