27.1% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wollongong · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wollongong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Wollongong is among the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind, with over a quarter of the population speaking a language other than English at home. While this is similar to the state average, it is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 27.1% of people use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin (3.4%) and Arabic (2.3%) being the most common after English. This diversity is reflected in the 4.8% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the national average.
4.8% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14376/wollongong/topic/language