37.1% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wright · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wright
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much more diverse mix of languages is now heard in Wright than in previous years. More than a third of the population speaks another language at home, which is far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 37.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the 22.3% seen across Australia. While English is most common at 59%, other spoken languages include Mandarin, Hindi, Punjabi and Arabic; however, only 2.1% of people speak little or no English.
2.1% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Wright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80135/wright/topic/language