1.7% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wee Waa · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wee Waa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Wee Waa, where barely any residents use another tongue at home. Only 1.7% of people speak a language other than English, which is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English, at 84.2%. While very few residents speak another language, the 0.5% who speak little or no English is actually higher than in most similar areas.
0.5% ▲ +181.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Wee Waa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14228/wee-waa/topic/language