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Wahgunyah · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wahgunyah

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

English is the primary way people communicate in Wahgunyah, with 92.8% of the population speaking only English at home. Very few residents use another language, making the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 1.6% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average of 22.3%. While 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, this is still well below the Victorian figure of 4.4%.

People using another language at home

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1.6% ▲ +19.1%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.4% ▲ +38.0%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Wahgunyah, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

English only 92.8% Mandarin 0.4% Italian 0.3%

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 Wahgunyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22644/wahgunyah/topic/language