72.6% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.5%
- 2016: 75.4%
- 2021: 72.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wiley Park · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge shift in the way people speak has occurred in Wiley Park, where 72.6% of residents now use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure and makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 17.8% of people speak English only, while 15.2% speak Arabic and 4.5% speak Vietnamese. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 14.4% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure well above the New South Wales average.
72.6% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
14.4% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Wiley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14310/wiley-park/topic/language