West Wallsend, Lake Macquarie
What West Wallsend speaks at home
Almost every home in West Wallsend speaks English only. The 2021 Census counted 70 people using another language, most often Tamil. Every other language is spoken by fewer than one in 100 residents. West Wallsend's share is below New South Wales.
- Residents
- 2,944
- Speak another language
- 2.4%+94.4%
- Languages spoken
- 12
- Born overseas
- 6.1%
What languages do people in West Wallsend speak besides English?
- 01Tamil17+143%
- 02Thai11
- 03Afrikaans8
- 04Tagalog7
- 05Cantonese5
- 06Indonesian4
- 07Filipino3
- 08German3-50.0%
- 09Mandarin3
- 10Persian (excluding Dari)3-25.0%
Is West Wallsend more multilingual than Australia as a whole?
The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for Australia as a whole.
- West Wallsend
- 2.4%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
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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