12.6% ▲ +34.9%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wallsend · State Electorate
Language in Wallsend
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 12.6% of people in Wallsend use a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure. This makes it a predominantly English-speaking area, though the proportion of people using other languages has risen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (82.6%), and the 1.8% who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure. While Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 1.4%, the overall use of other languages has risen 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
1.8% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 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 Wallsend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10089/wallsend/topic/language