16.6% ▲ +38.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wanniassa · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wanniassa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for most people in Wanniassa, though 16.6% of residents use another language at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the figures for both the ACT and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 80.2% of people speak only English, with small numbers speaking Mandarin, Arabic, Italian or Punjabi. Only 1.8% of the population speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure.
1.8% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Wanniassa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80129/wanniassa/topic/language