13.8% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wongoondy · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wongoondy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of people speak little or no English in Wongoondy than in the rest of the country. While 13.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. This suggests a small but distinct group of residents who may struggle with English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.8% of people here use another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. Notably, the same 13.8% of the population speak little or no English, a figure far above the Western Australian rate of 2.3%.
13.8% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 Wongoondy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51633/wongoondy/topic/language