4.9% ▲ +80.2%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wurruk · Urban Centre
Language in Wurruk
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Wurruk than in most similar areas. While 89.3% of the population speaks only English, the proportion of people using another language at home has risen to 4.9%. This remains far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. However, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is 0.9%, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
0.9% ▲ +273.1%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.9%
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).
More for Wurruk
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Wurruk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215094/wurruk/topic/language