22.4% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Woolgoolga · Suburb / Locality
Language in Woolgoolga
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 71.7% of residents in Woolgoolga, though the area is notably diverse. About 22.4% of people speak another language at home, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Punjabi is the most common second language at 17.2%. While the proportion of people using another language is well below the New South Wales figure, 5% of residents speak little or no English, which is among the highest rates for areas of this size.
5.0% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
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.
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 Woolgoolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14420/woolgoolga/topic/language