4.5% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wairewa · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English has remained the dominant language in Wairewa, with very few residents speaking other languages at home. Only 4.5% of people use a language other than English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 86.6% of the population. While 4.5% of people use another language at home, this is far below the 27.6% seen across Victoria, and no one in the area speaks little or no English.
4.5% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Wairewa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22647/wairewa/topic/language