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Wellington ShireCommunity profile

Wellington Shire

Language spoken at home

Wellington 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 years20212011Change
LanguageNumber%Wellington Shire - Total populationNumber%Wellington Shire - Total population2011 to 2021
Mandarin100.40.3--0.00.2--
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Excludes languages with fewer than 10 people speaking them at home.

Language spoken at home - Summary
Wellington Shire - 0 to 4 years20212011Change
Language summaryNumber%Wellington Shire - Total populationNumber%Wellington Shire - Total population2011 to 2021
Speaks English only2,12488.687.22,39292.990.6-268
Non-English total1114.63.9702.73.2+41
Not stated1626.88.81144.46.2+48
Total people2,397100.0100.02,576100.0100.0-179
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

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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