23.1% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wollongong · State Electorate
Language in Wollongong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A diverse mix of voices fills the streets of Wollongong, where nearly one quarter of residents speak a language other than English at home. This linguistic variety is higher than in most similar areas, though the proportion of people using other languages has fallen slightly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 71.5% of people speak only English, 23.1% use another language at home, with Arabic, Italian and Mandarin being the most common. About 4.4% of the population speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
4.4% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10092/wollongong/topic/language