Wannanup · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wannanup

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

English is the dominant language for almost everyone in Wannanup, where 90.7% of people speak only English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state or the nation.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 5.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the Australian average of 22.3%. This is reflected in the very small number of people who speak little or no English, which is just 0.3%.

5.1% ▼ -0.7%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.1%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 5.1%

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

0.3% ▼ -32.0%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Wannanup, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian 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 Wannanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51525/wannanup/topic/language