36.7% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wilson · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wilson
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a third of people in Wilson speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This variety is reflected in the daily life of the suburb, where 36.7% of residents use a non-English language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 58.8% of residents, but Mandarin (9.4%), Cantonese (3.0%), Punjabi (1.4%) and Arabic (1.4%) are also common. This diversity is seen in the 5.2% who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the national average of 3.4%.
5.2% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Wilson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51617/wilson/topic/language