62.9% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 62.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wetherill Park · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wetherill Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost 63% of people in Wetherill Park speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This creates a diverse linguistic landscape where more than half the population is multilingual.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The area has a very high proportion of people who speak little or no English, at 14.5%. While 32.8% speak only English, common other languages used at home include Arabic at 12.4%, Vietnamese at 3.9%, and Italian at 3.7%.
14.5% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
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 Wetherill Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14281/wetherill-park/topic/language