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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idWellington Shire'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.
Wellington Shire'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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Shire - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
| Language | Number | % | Wellington Shire - Total population | Number | % | Wellington Shire - Total population | 2011 to 2021 |
| Mandarin | 10 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -- | 0.0 | 0.2 | -- |
| Language spoken at home - Summary | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Shire - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Wellington Shire - Total population | Number | % | Wellington Shire - Total population | 2011 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 2,124 | 88.6 | 87.2 | 2,392 | 92.9 | 90.6 | -268 |
| Non-English total | 111 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 70 | 2.7 | 3.2 | +41 |
| Not stated | 162 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 114 | 4.4 | 6.2 | +48 |
| Total people | 2,397 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,576 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -179 |
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2021, the number of children aged 0 to 4 years who spoke a language other than English at home increased by 41 or 58.6%, and the number of people who spoke English only decreased by 268 or 11.2%.
There were no major changes for Wellington Shire between 2011 and 2021.
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