Kurdish
700 speakers
Spoken at home by 1 per cent of residents.
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Wagga Wagga's multilingual community
In Wagga Wagga, English dominates, but 8.2 per cent of residents speak another language at home, led by Kurdish, according to the 2021 Census. One language clears the one-in-100 mark. The share for New South Wales is more than twice as high as Wagga Wagga's.
- Residents
- 66,985
- Speak another language
- 5,475
- Languages at home
- 94
- Change since 2016
- +59.0%
Which languages other than English are spoken most in Wagga Wagga?
These are the three languages other than English with the most speakers.
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What are Wagga Wagga's five largest language communities?
Punjabi has grown by more than half since 2016.
The largest five communities, beside their change on the previous census.
How big is Wagga Wagga's multilingual community next to Australia as a whole?
The share nationally is at least twice Wagga Wagga's. That puts Wagga Wagga in the upper half of New South Wales' councils.
- Wagga Wagga
- 8.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
Which suburbs of Wagga Wagga have the largest multilingual communities?
From Boorooma down to Ladysmith, the gap is modest.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- BooroomaLed by Malayalam17%302
- GobbagombalinLed by Malayalam15%334
- TollandLed by Kurdish14%470
- BourkelandsLed by Malayalam13%391
- EstellaLed by Malayalam12%291
- Wagga WaggaLed by Kurdish11%804
- TattonLed by Arabic11%285
- Mount AustinLed by Kurdish10%410
- LloydLed by Arabic10%52
- BomenLed by Croatian9%4
- Charles Sturt UniversityLed by Arabic9%39
- Turvey ParkLed by Kurdish9%307
- Glenfield ParkLed by Kurdish8%421
- Kooringal (NSW)Led by Mandarin8%608
- Forest Hill (NSW)Led by Vietnamese8%247
- Springvale (NSW)Led by Arabic6%156
- MoorongLed by Cantonese5%8
- KapookaLed by Indonesian4%17
- AshmontLed by Burmese3%118
- GaloreLed by Dutch3%4
- Lake Albert (NSW)Led by Sinhalese2%149
- North Wagga WaggaLed by Chin Haka2%15
- BrucedaleLed by Greek2%7
- Gumly GumlyLed by Hindi2%9
- CollingullieLed by Spanish2%6
- San IsidoreLed by Wiradjuri1%5
- Big SpringsLed by Italian1%4
- CurrawarnaLed by Wiradjuri1%3
- HumulaLed by Dutch1%3
- OuraLed by Wiradjuri1%3
- UranquintyLed by Swedish0%3
- Mangoplah0%0
- Ladysmith0%0
- Gregadoo0%0
- The Gap (Wagga Wagga - NSW)0%0
- East Wagga Wagga0%0
- Tarcutta0%0
- Cartwrights Hill0%0
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 38 suburbs in all.
Where were Wagga Wagga's residents born?
The largest group born overseas comes from India.
Country of birth
9.5% born overseas, across 95 countries.
- 01India982+53.7%
- 02Iraq811+1743%
- 03England741-6.1%
- 04Philippines4340%
- 05New Zealand418-1.6%
- 06China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)305+32.0%
- 07Myanmar212+50.4%
- 08Nepal189+226%
- 09South Africa160-5.3%
- 10Sri Lanka156+57.6%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity38,577-7.9%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs21,449+52.8%
- 03Hinduism756+76.2%
- 04Islam631+14.3%
- 05Buddhism421+31.6%
- 06Judaism0-100%
Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.
Blank answers matter here. 3,757 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 8.2%. Count them in and it's 13.8%; drop them from the base and it's 8.7%.
Figures for Wagga Wagga itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.
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