Wright, Canberra
What Wright speaks at home
Mandarin is the most common language after English in Wright, where about 1,300 people speak another language at home, the 2021 Census shows. Behind it sits Nepali. The share speaking another language is 1.7 times the figure for Australia as a whole.
- Residents
- 3,726
- Speak another language
- 35.6%+83.4%
- Languages spoken
- 50
- Born overseas
- 36.1%
What's spoken at home in Wright?
- 01Mandarin117+36.0%
- 02Nepali113+391%
- 03Malayalam98+292%
- 04Hindi95+171%
- 05Punjabi81+102%
- 06Arabic79+79.5%
- 07Telugu69+431%
- 08Cantonese59+15.7%
- 09Filipino52+174%
- 10Bengali49+36.1%
Which countries are Wright's residents from?
Overseas-born residents make up more than one in three residents, most often from India.
- 01India372+160%
- 02Nepal101+818%
- 03China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)87+24.3%
- 04England87+17.6%
- 05Philippines83+88.6%
- 06United States of America63+320%
- 07Sri Lanka45+2.3%
- 08New Zealand440%
- 09Bangladesh35+29.6%
- 10Thailand32+433%
How does Wright compare with Canberra?
The share speaking another language is 1.5 times the figure for Canberra.
- Wright
- 35.6%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Canberra
- 23.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
What religions are reported in Wright?
- 01No religion or secular beliefs1,536+54.4%
- 02Christianity1,195+14.6%
- 03Hinduism432+215%
- 04Islam222+76.2%
- 05Buddhism128+70.7%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
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