4.9% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wonthaggi · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wonthaggi
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Wonthaggi than in most similar areas, though it remains a very English-speaking town. Only 4.9% of residents use a different language at home, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 88.1% of people at home, with Italian, Mandarin and Vietnamese being the most common other languages. While 0.7% of people speak little or no English, this is well below the state average.
0.7% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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 Wonthaggi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22829/wonthaggi/topic/language