CensusAtlas

Wendouree (Western Victoria) · State Electorate

Language in Wendouree (Western Victoria)

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue for almost everyone in Wendouree, where only 7.2% of people use another language at home. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, making it an area where very few residents require translation services for daily life.

Open map →
📍 Wendouree (Western Victoria), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Most residents speak only English, making up 87.9% of the population. While the share of people using other languages rose slightly to 7.2% since 2016, those who speak little or no English remain very rare at just 0.7%.

People using another language at home

View on map →

7.2% —

Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

View on map →

0.7% ▲ +2.7%

Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.

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.

Language used at home

View on map →

In Wendouree (Western Victoria), English only is the majority at 97%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 87.9% Mandarin 1.0% Punjabi 0.6% Hindi 0.3% Tagalog 0.2% Vietnamese 0.2% Cantonese 0.2% Arabic 0.2% Greek 0.2% Italian 0.2%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Wendouree (Western Victoria)

Full area profile →

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Wendouree (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28408/wendouree/topic/language