Wellington · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wellington

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

English is the primary language for 91.8% of people in Wellington (SA). This is a very linguistically uniform area where only 1.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure.

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📍 Wellington, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Very few people in Wellington use another language at home, with a rate far below the South Australian average. Despite this, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English.

1.6% ▼ -31.1%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 1.6%

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 Wellington, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41561/wellington/topic/language