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Language in Wolli Creek

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

A huge 67.2% of people in Wolli Creek use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse places of its size in the region.

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📍 Wolli Creek, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 21.7%, followed by Cantonese at 6.4%. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 9.4% of residents speak little or no English, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 4.5%.

People using another language at home

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67.2% ▲ +10.3%

Higher than 99% 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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9.4% ▼ -13.9%

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.

Language used at home

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In Wolli Creek, the largest group is English only at 42%, followed by Mandarin (35%) and Cantonese (10%).

English only 25.9% Mandarin 21.7% Cantonese 6.4% Vietnamese 2.7% Arabic 1.6% Hindi 1.3% Tagalog 1.1% Greek 0.5% Italian 0.5% Punjabi 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 Wolli Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14371/wolli-creek/topic/language