5.9% ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wamboin · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wamboin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people use a language other than English at home in Wamboin than in most similar areas. While 91.6% of the population speak only English, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.9% of residents speak another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.3% speaking little or no English.
0.3% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Wamboin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14141/wamboin/topic/language