31.6% ▲ +193.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wellard · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wellard
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 32% of people in Wellard speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the state average. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse for its size, with a strong mix of residents from various cultural backgrounds.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 63.9% of residents speak only English, Tagalog is the most common second language at 5.1%, followed by Punjabi and Hindi. About 2.7% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most other areas.
2.7% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 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 Wellard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51558/wellard/topic/language