1.7% ▼ -69.5%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wilmington · Urban Centre
Language in Wilmington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way people communicate in Wilmington (L), where almost everyone speaks only this language at home. Just 1.7% of the population uses another language, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 1.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the fact that no one in the area speaks little or no English.
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.
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 Wilmington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422059/wilmington/topic/language