23.5% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
North Wollongong · Suburb / Locality
Language in North Wollongong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in North Wollongong have switched to using a language other than English at home since 2011. This is now a common feature of the area, with 23.5% of residents speaking another language, which is a little above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 73.3% of people speak only English, the area has a much higher rate of multilingualism than most similar places. This includes 2.1% speaking Arabic and 2% speaking Mandarin, though only 2.7% of residents speak little or no English.
2.7% ▼ -44.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 North Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13027/north-wollongong/topic/language