Wyalong · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wyalong

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

Just 2.6% of people in Wyalong use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3% and shows a community where English is the vast majority's primary way of communicating.

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📍 Wyalong, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 89.4% of residents speak only English, there are small numbers of people using Hindi, Tagalog and Punjabi. Notably, 0% of the population speaks little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.

2.6% ▲ +632.0%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.4%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 2.6%

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 Wyalong, English only is the majority at 98%; Hindi 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 Wyalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14449/wyalong/topic/language