4.9% ▲ +91.1%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wollongbar · Urban Centre
Language in Wollongbar
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 92.4% of people at home in Wollongbar. While the use of other languages has risen slightly since 2011, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 4.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but still far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English.
0.5% —
Higher than 65% of urban centre 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.
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 Wollongbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115162/wollongbar/topic/language