Wakefield · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wakefield

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Almost every person in Wakefield speaks only English at home, with 97.9% using the language. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than both New South Wales and Australia.

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📍 Wakefield, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

No one in the area uses a language other than English at home, a figure that is far below the national average. Consistent with this, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is well below state and national levels.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Wakefield, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Wakefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14106/wakefield/topic/language