41.3% ▲ +1366.3%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wujal Wujal · Urban Centre
Language in Wujal Wujal
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over 41% of people in Wujal Wujal use a language other than English at home, a figure that has jumped 38 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse at its level. While English is the most common language, a significant and growing portion of the population speaks another tongue.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 41.3% of residents speak a language other than English, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, very few people struggle with English, as only 1.4% speak little or no English.
1.4% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Wujal Wujal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322135/wujal-wujal/topic/language