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Wanerie · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wanerie

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

Nearly three quarters of people in Wanerie speak only English at home. While this is a common pattern, the area has a much higher share of people using other languages than most similar places, with 10.2% of residents doing so.

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📍 Wanerie, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 74.5% of the population, while Greek and Vietnamese are the most common other languages. About 2.2% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the Western Australian average.

People using another language at home

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10.2% ▲ +320.4%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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2.2% ▲ —

Higher than 86% 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.

Language used at home

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In Wanerie, English only is the majority at 91%; Greek is next at 5%.

English only 74.5% Greek 4.4% Vietnamese 2.9%

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 Wanerie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51522/wanerie/topic/language