7.1% ▲ +58.4%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wyong · State Electorate
Language in Wyong
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Wyong compared to most similar areas. Only 7.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the only language for 87.2% of residents, those using another language at home rose to 7.1% since 2011. Very few people here struggle with English, as the 0.9% who speak little or no English is well below the New South Wales figure.
0.9% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Wyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10093/wyong/topic/language