Wilmot · Suburb / Locality

Language in Wilmot

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

English is the dominant language for almost everyone in Wilmot, where only 5.6% of people use another tongue at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the national average, though it is still more diverse than many similar small areas.

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📍 Wilmot, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 85.7% of residents speak only English, a small number use languages such as Mandarin. Despite this, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.

5.6% ▲ +15.3%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.8%
  • 2016: 5.7%
  • 2021: 5.6%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Wilmot, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin is next at 2%.

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 Wilmot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60756/wilmot/topic/language