Wilton · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wilton

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

English remains the dominant language in Wilton, where 90.6% of residents speak it exclusively. Very few people here use another language at home, making it far less linguistically diverse than the rest of New South Wales.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.7% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 26.6%. While 0.6% of the population speaks little or no English, this is higher than in most similar areas.

4.7% ▼ -10.8%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 4.7%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.6% ▲ +19.9%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.6%

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 Wilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14329/wilton/topic/language