34.0% ▲ +55.1%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wanguri · State Electorate
Language in Wanguri
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher proportion of people in Wanguri use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of Australia. This diversity has grown quickly, with 34% of residents speaking another language, a figure that is a little above the Northern Territory average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 58.8% of residents speak only English, 34% use another language at home, a figure that rose 12 points since 2011. Other common languages include Greek, Mandarin, and Tagalog, though about 4.1% of people speak little or no English.
4.1% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Wanguri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70025/wanguri/topic/language