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Wilberforce · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wilberforce

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

English is the primary language for 92% of people in Wilberforce, making it a very linguistically uniform area. While more people here use a second language at home than in most similar areas, the overall diversity remains far below the state and national figures.

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📍 Wilberforce, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.9% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This is reflected in the low number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.6%.

People using another language at home

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4.9% ▲ +119.1%

Higher than 60% 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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0.6% ▲ +75.6%

Higher than 72% 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 Wilberforce, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 92.0% Italian 0.5% Punjabi 0.4% Arabic 0.3% Cantonese 0.3% Mandarin 0.1%

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 Wilberforce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14305/wilberforce/topic/language