Wallaga Lake · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wallaga Lake

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

Far fewer people use a language other than English in Wallaga Lake compared to the rest of the country. Only 2.6% of residents speak a different language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the state or nation.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 93.5% of residents. While the proportion of people speaking other languages is far below the New South Wales average, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.

2.6% ▼ -35.9%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 2.6%

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 Wallaga Lake, 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 Wallaga Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14120/wallaga-lake/topic/language