44.7% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wagaman · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wagaman
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of the people in Wagaman use a language other than English at home. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level, with a far higher proportion of multilingual residents than the Northern Territory or Australia as a whole.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 48.4% of residents, while Greek is the most common second language at 9.8%. About 6.3% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure of 3.4%.
6.3% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
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.
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 Wagaman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70277/wagaman/topic/language