3.9% ▲ +22.2%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wellington · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Wellington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 24 percentage point gap separates Wellington from the rest of Victoria in terms of language diversity. Only 3.9% of residents speak another language at home, making it much less linguistically diverse than most other areas. This pattern has remained steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 87.2% of people. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English, a figure that is well below the Victorian average and has not changed since 2016.
0.5% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20505/wellington/topic/language