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Wonga Park · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wonga Park

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English remains the dominant language in Wonga Park, where only 5.9% of residents use a different language at home. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is far below the Victorian and national figures. The community is very linguistically uniform, with the vast majority speaking only English.

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📍 Wonga Park, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 91.9% of people at home, while Mandarin is the most common second language at 1.3%. Only 0.6% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the state average but higher than in most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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5.9% ▲ +26.1%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.6% ▲ +24.8%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Wonga Park, English only is the majority at 97%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 91.9% Mandarin 1.3% Greek 0.6% Italian 0.6% Cantonese 0.2% Tagalog 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1% Hindi 0.1%

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 Wonga Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22825/wonga-park/topic/language