11.3% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wargan · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wargan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Wargan compared to the rest of the state. While 11.3% of the community use another language at home, this is much lower than the Victorian figure of 27.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.9% of residents, with Mandarin being the most common other language at 9.4%. Despite fewer total non-English speakers, the share of people who speak little or no English is well above the national figure, sitting at 11.3%.
11.3% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 Wargan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22691/wargan/topic/language