Wondai · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wondai

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

English is the primary language for almost everyone in Wondai, where only 2% of people use another language at home. This makes it far less linguistically diverse than most other parts of Australia. Life here is very uniform in how people communicate, with very few residents needing translation services.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 90.3% of residents speak only English, a figure that is far below the national average. While 0.4% of people speak little or no English, this is actually higher than in most similar areas.

2.0% ▲ +68.0%

Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 2.0%

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

0.4% ▲ +59.8%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Wondai, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 0%.

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 Wondai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33118/wondai/topic/language