22.8% —
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Woolgoolga · Urban Centre
Language in Woolgoolga
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A shift towards multilingualism defines Woolgoolga, where the proportion of people using a language other than English at home has surged by 19 percentage points since 2016. Now, 22.8% of residents speak another language, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Punjabi is the most common non-English language spoken here at 17.4%. While most residents speak English only (71.2%), 5.0% speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure and among the highest for similar areas.
5.0% ▲ +899.8%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Woolgoolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114035/woolgoolga/topic/language