2.8% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wyreema · Urban Centre
Language in Wyreema
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive gap exists between Wyreema and the rest of the country, with only 2.8% of residents using a language other than English at home. This is far below both the state and national figures, reflecting a community where English is the almost universal first language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 94.6% of people in the home, and the number of people using other languages has barely changed since 2011. Only 0.3% of the population speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
0.3% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Wyreema [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315106/wyreema/topic/language