90.9% ▲ +2519.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 90.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wangkatjungka · Urban Centre
Language in Wangkatjungka
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A staggering 90.9% of people in Wangkatjungka (L) speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure and represents a massive increase from 2011, when only 3.5% of residents did so.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3.9% of people speak English only at home, which is among the highest rates for this category in similar areas. While most residents are multilingual, 5.2% speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the Western Australian average.
5.2% ▲ —
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Wangkatjungka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522062/wangkatjungka/topic/language