39.3% ▲ +45.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wantirna · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wantirna
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 57.1% of residents in Wantirna, though the area is far more linguistically diverse than most. Nearly 40% of people speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 12.7%, followed by Cantonese at 6.3%. Around 6.9% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 3.4%.
6.9% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Wantirna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22685/wantirna/topic/language