Wards River · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wards River

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

English is the dominant language spoken in Wards River, where only 2.8% of residents use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, marking it as a very linguistically uniform area.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Around the middle of similar areas, 2.8% of people here use a language other than English at home. While this is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is actually higher than most areas, though still well below the national 3.4%.

2.8% ▲ —

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 2.8%

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 Wards River, 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 Wards River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14165/wards-river/topic/language