Wellesley Islands, Mornington

Languages spoken in Wellesley Islands

At the 2021 Census, about 280 people in Wellesley Islands, a suburb of Mornington, spoke Lardil at home. The next largest is Kayardild. Australia as a whole has a lower share than Wellesley Islands. The census lists 8 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
1,022
Speak another language
34.8%+176%
Languages spoken
8
Born overseas
2.0%

How many people in Wellesley Islands speak Lardil?

Lardil at home

27%

Kayardild, in second place, has far fewer speakers.

What's spoken in Wellesley Islands besides Lardil?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Maori (New Zealand)
    7
  2. 02
    Fijian
    4
  3. 03
    French
    3

How does Wellesley Islands compare with Queensland?

Wellesley Islands' share is above Queensland, at about two and a half times the rate.

Wellesley Islands
34.8%
Australia
21.3%
Queensland
12.2%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Where were Wellesley Islands' residents born?

Among residents born overseas, New Zealand leads.

  1. 01
    New Zealand
    8+60.0%
  2. 02
    England
    4-33.3%
  3. 03
    Fiji
    4
  4. 04
    Papua New Guinea
    4+33.3%

What's Wellesley Islands' religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    4410%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    236-49.0%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    3
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    3

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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