Wallangarra · Urban Centre

Language in Wallangarra

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

English is the primary language for 90.8% of people in Wallangarra (L). This is a very linguistically uniform area where the use of other languages has plummeted over the last decade.

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📍 Wallangarra, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 1.4% of residents now use another language at home, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen 43 points since 2011. Consistent with this, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.

1.4% ▼ -96.9%

Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 44.4%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 1.4%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 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 Wallangarra, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Wallangarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322130/wallangarra/topic/language