21.2% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Wollongong · Suburb / Locality
Language in West Wollongong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around 21.2% of people in West Wollongong speak a language other than English at home. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains a little below the national figure. The area is diverse, with a small number of residents speaking little or no English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 73.5% of residents, while Arabic, Mandarin, Greek and Italian are the most common other languages. While 21.2% of people use another language at home, the 3.9% who speak little or no English is among the highest for areas of this type.
3.9% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 West Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14272/west-wollongong/topic/language