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Wentworthville · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wentworthville

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

A huge 68.5% of people in Wentworthville use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. Most residents speak a language from another country, with English only used by 23.2% of the population.

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📍 Wentworthville, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Hindi is the most common non-English language at 7.9%, followed by Punjabi at 4.8%. This diversity is reflected in the 7.8% of people who speak little or no English, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.

People using another language at home

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68.5% ▲ +19.4%

Higher than 99% 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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7.8% ▼ -12.9%

Higher than 96% 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 Wentworthville, the largest group is English only at 50%, followed by Hindi (17%) and Punjabi (10%).

English only 23.2% Hindi 7.9% Punjabi 4.8% Arabic 3.1% Mandarin 2.7% Cantonese 2.3% Tagalog 1.0% Italian 0.6% Vietnamese 0.4% Greek 0.4%

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 Wentworthville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14245/wentworthville/topic/language