14.2% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wyuna East · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Wyuna East have started speaking a language other than English at home since 2011. While 14.2% of residents now use another language, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 72.6% of people, though Tagalog (5.7%) and Greek (2.8%) are also spoken. About 2.8% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
14.2% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2.8% ▲ —
Higher than 87% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Wyuna East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22885/wyuna-east/topic/language