39.3% ▲ +117.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wyndham Vale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wyndham Vale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 54.5% of people in Wyndham Vale, though the area is far more linguistically diverse than most. Around 39.3% of residents speak another language at home, which is much higher than the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Punjabi is the most common non-English language at 5.9%, followed by Hindi at 3.3%. This high level of diversity is reflected in the fact that 5.5% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the national average.
5.5% ▲ +58.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Wyndham Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22883/wyndham-vale/topic/language