Wood Wood · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wood Wood

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

Much higher than most similar areas, 24.2% of people in Wood Wood use a language other than English at home. This makes the community more linguistically diverse than many nearby places, though the total is still a little above the national figure.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While about one in four residents speaks another language, such as Italian at 6.6%, everyone in Wood Wood speaks English well. This is well below the state and national figures for people who speak little or no English.

24.2% ▲ +74.1%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.9%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 24.2%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Wood Wood, English only is the majority at 90%; Italian is next at 10%.

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 Wood Wood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22832/wood-wood/topic/language