6.1% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wangaratta · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wangaratta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Wangaratta, where very few people need help with translation in their daily lives. Only 6.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 6.1% of people use a language other than English—a figure higher than in most similar areas—the vast majority (88.3%) speak only English. Only 0.7% of the population speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
0.7% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Wangaratta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22680/wangaratta/topic/language