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City of Wyndham

Language spoken at home

In 2021, 38.4% of children aged 12 to 17 years in the City of Wyndham spoke a language other than English at home.

The City of Wyndham'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.

The City of Wyndham'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.

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Derived from the Census question:

'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'

Language spoken at home - Ranked by size
City of Wyndham - 12 to 17 years20212016Change
LanguageNumber%Greater MelbourneNumber%Greater Melbourne2016 to 2021
Urdu6793.10.82011.30.4+478
Arabic6332.92.34282.72.2+205
Hindi5842.70.92451.60.6+339
Punjabi5262.40.91521.00.4+374
Mandarin4652.13.33302.13.4+135
Karen4472.10.23402.20.2+107
Telugu3271.50.3660.40.1+261
Gujarati3141.40.31180.70.2+196
Bengali2851.30.31170.70.2+168
Tamil2761.30.6950.60.4+181
Show all (73 entries)
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 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
City of Wyndham - 12 to 17 years20212016Change
Language summaryNumber%Greater MelbourneNumber%Greater Melbourne2016 to 2021
Speaks English only12,12355.668.39,99863.369.2+2,125
Non-English total8,36838.427.45,06832.126.5+3,300
Not stated1,3116.04.37204.64.3+591
Total people21,802100.0100.015,786100.0100.0+6,016
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the language spoken at home by children aged 12 to 17 years in the City of Wyndham in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne 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, 55.6% of children aged 12 to 17 years spoke English only, and 38.4% of% spoke a non-English language, compared with 68.3% and 27.4% respectively for Greater Melbourne.

Other than English, the dominant language spoken at home by children aged 12 to 17 years in the City of Wyndham was Urdu, with 3.1% of the population, or 679 people speaking this language at home.

The major differences between the languages spoken at home for children aged 12 to 17 years of the City of Wyndham and Greater Melbourne in 2021 were:

  • A larger percentage speaking Urdu at home (3.1% compared to 0.8%)
  • A larger percentage speaking Karen at home (2.1% compared to 0.2%)
  • A larger percentage speaking Hindi at home (2.7% compared to 0.9%)
  • A smaller percentage speaking Vietnamese at home (0.9% compared to 2.4%)

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of children aged 12 to 17 years who spoke a language other than English at home increased by 3,300 or 65.1%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 2,125 or 21.3%.

The largest changes in the spoken languages of children aged 12 to 17 years in the City of Wyndham between 2016 and 2021 were for those speaking:

  • Urdu (+478 persons)
  • Punjabi (+374 persons)
  • Hindi (+339 persons)
  • Telugu (+261 persons)

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