6.8% ▲ +983.4%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wallacia · Urban Centre
Language in Wallacia
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher rates of non-English speaking homes than similar areas define Wallacia. While 88.6% of people speak only English, the proportion of residents using another language at home has jumped to 6.8% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 6.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though still far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This includes a small number of Mandarin, Greek, Italian and Vietnamese speakers, while the 1.2% who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure.
1.2% ▲ +262.3%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Wallacia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115150/wallacia/topic/language