Wooli · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wooli

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

English is the dominant way people communicate in Wooli, where only 2.6% of residents use another language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state or the country.

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📍 Wooli, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 93.2% of people speak only English. While the 0.6% who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas, this figure remains well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.

2.6% ▲ +59.3%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 2.6%

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

0.6% ▼ -38.3%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 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.

Language used at home

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In Wooli, English only is the majority at 99%; Cantonese 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 Wooli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14421/wooli/topic/language