6.4% ▼ -43.2%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wollondilly · State Electorate
Language in Wollondilly
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Wollondilly than in most similar areas. Only 6.4% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This represents a steady decline from 2011, when the figure was 11.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 88.9% of the area. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.6% speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 4.5% and has barely changed since 2016.
0.6% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Wollondilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10091/wollondilly/topic/language