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Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) · Urban Centre

Language in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part)

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the overwhelming primary language for daily life in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), with 92.1% of residents using it as their only language at home. This area is far less linguistically diverse than most of the country, and this trend has remained steady for over a decade.

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📍 Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 1.7% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. While 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, which is higher than in most similar areas, this is still well below the national figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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1.7% ▲ +0.9%

Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.4% ▲ +36.0%

Higher than 59% 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.

Language used at home

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In Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part), English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

English only 92.1% Mandarin 0.4% Italian 0.3%

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 Corowa - Wahgunyah (Wahgunyah Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214005/corowa-wahgunyah/topic/language