8.7% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wandana Heights · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wandana Heights
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher language diversity than most similar areas is seen in Wandana Heights, where 8.7% of people use a language other than English at home. While this is high for the local area, it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents speak English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 89.7% of residents, though small numbers speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Greek, or Hindi. Only 0.3% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
0.3% ▼ -44.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Wandana Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22669/wandana-heights/topic/language