4.5% ▲ +160.8%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wellington · Urban Centre
Language in Wellington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Wellington compared to the rest of the state. While 4.5% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.1% of people. The proportion of residents using another language at home rose from 1.7% in 2011 to 4.5% in 2021, though the number of people who speak little or no English remains very low at 0.5%.
0.5% ▲ +126.8%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115155/wellington/topic/language