5.4% ▲ +190.5%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wongan Hills · Urban Centre
Language in Wongan Hills
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 88.1% of people in Wongan Hills (L). While this is far below the national figure, the proportion of residents using a language other than English at home has risen to 5.4%. This represents a small but growing amount of linguistic diversity in the area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
A small number of residents now use a language other than English at home, which is higher than in most similar areas. Only 0.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.7% ▲ —
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Wongan Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521050/wongan-hills/topic/language