8.2% ▲ +92.6%
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wagga Wagga · State Electorate
Language in Wagga Wagga
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Wagga Wagga compared to the rest of the state. While 8.2% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 85.9% of residents, and the proportion of people using another language at home rose 4.0 percentage points since 2011. Very few people struggle with English, with only 1.3% speaking little or no English, a figure well below the New South Wales average.
1.3% ▲ +41.3%
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10087/wagga-wagga/topic/language