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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 17.2% of people aged 65 to 79 years in Wollongong City Council spoke a language other than English at home.
Wollongong City Council's language statistics show the proportion of the population in the selected age group who speak a language at home other than English, and the main languages spoken. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language at different ages.
Wollongong City Council's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth as different cultural groups are better analysed through the different topics. For major language groups, Community of Interest profiles are available for that specific language by a range of characteristics.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
| Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong City Council - 65 to 79 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language | Number | % | Regional NSW | Number | % | Regional NSW | 2016 to 2021 |
| Macedonian | 1,173 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 1,095 | 4.3 | 0.5 | +78 |
| Italian | 697 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 973 | 3.8 | 0.8 | -276 |
| Spanish | 335 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 313 | 1.2 | 0.3 | +22 |
| Greek | 305 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 321 | 1.3 | 0.3 | -16 |
| Serbian | 301 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 239 | 0.9 | 0.2 | +62 |
| Portuguese | 243 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 221 | 0.9 | 0.1 | +22 |
| Arabic | 207 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 128 | 0.5 | 0.1 | +79 |
| Croatian | 156 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 235 | 0.9 | 0.2 | -79 |
| Mandarin | 150 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 84 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +66 |
| Vietnamese | 126 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 74 | 0.3 | 0.0 | +52 |
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| Language spoken at home - Summary | |||||||
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| Wollongong City Council - 65 to 79 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Regional NSW | Number | % | Regional NSW | 2016 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 22,407 | 78.6 | 89.9 | 18,933 | 74.3 | 87.3 | +3,474 |
| Non-English total | 4,897 | 17.2 | 4.2 | 4,923 | 19.3 | 4.7 | -26 |
| Not stated | 1,196 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 1,629 | 6.4 | 8.0 | -433 |
| Total people | 28,500 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 25,485 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,015 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the language spoken at home by people aged 65 to 79 years in Wollongong City Council in 2021 compared to Regional NSW shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who spoke English only, and a larger proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 78.6% of people aged 65 to 79 years spoke English only, and 17.2% of% spoke a non-English language, compared with 89.9% and 4.2% respectively for Regional NSW.
Other than English, the dominant language spoken at home by people aged 65 to 79 years in Wollongong City Council was Macedonian, with 4.1% of the population, or 1,173 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for people aged 65 to 79 years of Wollongong City and Regional NSW in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage speaking Macedonian at home (4.1% compared to 0.5%)
- A larger percentage speaking Italian at home (2.4% compared to 0.5%)
Emerging groups
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people aged 65 to 79 years who spoke a language other than English at home decreased by 26 or 0.5%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 3,474 or 18.3%.
The largest changes in the spoken languages of people aged 65 to 79 years in Wollongong City between 2016 and 2021 were for those speaking:
- Italian (-276 persons)
- German (-85 persons)
- Arabic (+79 persons)
- Croatian (-79 persons)
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