10.9% ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wyong · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wyong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 81.2% of people in Wyong. While this is far below the national and state figures, the area actually has a much higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 10.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, and 1.7% speak little or no English. Both figures are much higher than in most similar areas, though they remain a little below the state and national averages.
1.7% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Wyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14464/wyong/topic/language