Wimbledon Heights · Urban Centre

Language in Wimbledon Heights

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

English is the primary language for 87.2% of people in Wimbledon Heights (L). While more people here use another language at home than in most similar areas, the proportion remains far below the national figure.

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📍 Wimbledon Heights, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 5.2% of residents speak a language other than English at home, though this has risen slightly since 2011. This is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%, and no one in the area speaks little or no English.

5.2% ▲ +18.2%

Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 5.2%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Wimbledon Heights, English only is the majority at 98%; Cantonese is next at 1%.

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 Wimbledon Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222102/wimbledon-heights/topic/language