18.5% ▲ +111.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wallan · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wallan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 76.9% of people in Wallan. While most residents speak English, the area has a much higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 18.5% of people use another language at home, though this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Punjabi is the most common second language at 4.6%, and 2.0% of residents speak little or no English.
2.0% ▲ +71.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
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 Wallan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22661/wallan/topic/language