6.4% ▲ +145.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wirrina Cove · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Wirrina Cove use a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas, though the overall figure remains very low. English is the dominant tongue here, with 90.4% of residents speaking only English at home.
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.4% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This high level of English proficiency is reflected in the fact that no one in the area speaks little or no English.
6.4% ▲ +145.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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 Wirrina Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41624/wirrina-cove/topic/language