8.4% ▲ +37.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wongaling Beach · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wongaling Beach
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language patterns in Wongaling Beach have remained steady over the last decade, with English remaining the dominant tongue. While most residents speak only English, about 8.4% of the community uses another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 79.7% of residents, though the 8.4% who use another language is higher than in most similar areas. Despite this, it is far below the national figure of 22.3%, while the 2.7% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.7% ▲ +125.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Wongaling Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33124/wongaling-beach/topic/language