21.5% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wakehurst · State Electorate
Language in Wakehurst
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people are speaking a language other than English in Wakehurst, with the figure rising by 2.8 percentage points since 2011. Today, 21.5% of residents use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 75.1% of people, though Mandarin, Italian, and Cantonese are also spoken. While 21.5% speak another language, only 2.6% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
2.6% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Wakehurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10088/wakehurst/topic/language