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Wallaroo · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wallaroo

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

English is the primary language for 87.5% of people in Wallaroo. While more residents here use another language at home than in most similar areas, this figure remains far below the New South Wales and national averages.

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📍 Wallaroo, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 8.3% of people speak a language other than English at home, though this is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Small numbers of residents speak Mandarin, Cantonese, or Italian, and no one in the area speaks little or no English.

People using another language at home

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8.3% ▲ +19.3%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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.

Language used at home

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In Wallaroo, English only is the majority at 97%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 87.5% Mandarin 0.9% Cantonese 0.9% Italian 0.9%

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 Wallaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14130/wallaroo/topic/language