1.8% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wentworth · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wentworth
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Wentworth than in most similar areas. English is the dominant language here, with only 1.8% of the population using another tongue at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 82.2% of residents speak only English, which helps explain why the 1.8% who use another language is so much lower than the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.2% speak little or no English.
0.2% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Wentworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14242/wentworth/topic/language