29.2% ▲ +121.7%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wiluna · Urban Centre
Language in Wiluna
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English in Wiluna compared to the rest of Western Australia. Nearly 30% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has climbed steeply since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 46.3% of people speak only English, 29.2% use another language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. About 2.5% of the population speak little or no English, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas.
2.5% ▲ —
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Wiluna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522067/wiluna/topic/language