Italian
390 speakers
Italian is spoken by 390 of our residents at home, 1.3% of Wangaratta.
We are Wangaratta
4 per cent.
4 in every 100 Wangaratta residents speak a language other than English at home. 1,305 people, in 58 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 29,566
- Speak another language
- 1,305
- Languages at home
- 58
- Growth since last census
- +29.5%
Most of us speak English at home. 1,305 of us do not, across 58 languages, most often Italian, Punjabi and Filipino. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Victoria
#47
of 79 Victoria councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #277 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Punjabi
76 speakers
Punjabi is spoken by 76 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Wangaratta.
Filipino
65 speakers
Filipino is spoken by 65 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Wangaratta.
The languages of Wangaratta
58 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.
Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Every language, in order
Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.
Why we publish this
4.4% of us
We share this portrait because a council below the Victoria average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 1,305 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
7.1% of us were born overseas, across 58 countries.
- 01England554+4.1%
- 02Italy257-24.0%
- 03New Zealand188+51.6%
- 04Philippines149+88.6%
- 05India141+74.1%
- 06Netherlands88-11.1%
- 07Scotland83+48.2%
- 08Nepal70+218%
- 09Germany69-21.6%
- 10Thailand56+331%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Wangaratta at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity14,406-12.3%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs12,528+47.5%
- 03Buddhism247+71.5%
- 04Hinduism172+153%
- 05Islam52-5.5%
- 06Judaism4-71.4%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 26 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- WhoroulyTop language — Italian14%41
- CheshuntTop language — Italian10%27
- EdiTop language — Italian7%18
- LacebyTop language — Italian6%20
- MarkwoodTop language — Italian6%13
- Wangaratta (Vic.)Top language — Italian5%993
- MyrrheeTop language — Italian5%22
- Whorouly SouthTop language — Italian4%9
- WaldaraTop language — Italian3%23
- Everton UpperTop language — Afrikaans3%20
- Killawarra (Vic.)Top language — Russian3%11
- Wangaratta SouthTop language — Fijian3%17
- EldoradoTop language — Spanish3%15
- GlenrowanTop language — Dutch2%25
- SpringhurstTop language — Wiradjuri2%8
- WangandaryTop language — German2%8
- North WangarattaTop language — Japanese2%7
- MilawaTop language — Key Word Sign Australia2%11
- ByawathaTop language — Italian1%3
- MurmungeeTop language — Italian1%4
- MoyhuTop language — Mandarin1%4
- Oxley (Vic.)Top language — Gujarati1%6
- Greta South0%0
- Boorhaman0%0
- Greta West0%0
- Carboor0%0
- 26 suburbs in Wangaratta. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Wangaratta shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.
In context
- Wangaratta
- 4.4%
- Victoria
- 26.6%
- Australia
- 21.3%
4.4% of Wangaratta residents speak a language other than English at home, against 26.6% for Victoria and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
How the headline share is counted. 4.4% is 1,305 residents as a share of all 29,566 of us. A further 1,725 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 10.2%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 4.7%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Wangaratta, it is almost certainly one of those two.
Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Wangaratta figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.
Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Wangaratta.