Wongarbon · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wongarbon

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

Almost everyone in Wongarbon speaks English in their daily life, making it much less linguistically diverse than most of the country. Only 0.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Wongarbon, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language used by 92% of residents, with Tagalog spoken by a small 0.5% of the population. This means the number of people who speak little or no English is well below the New South Wales figure.

0.6% ▼ -21.2%

Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.8%
  • 2021: 0.6%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Wongarbon, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 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 Wongarbon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14391/wongarbon/topic/language