Wollert, Whittlesea

The languages of Wollert

Wollert, in Whittlesea, is a suburb of many languages: about 15,000 people spoke something other than English at home at the 2021 Census. Behind it sits Arabic. Wollert's share is above Australia as a whole, at about two and a half times the rate.

Residents
24,058
Speak another language
63.9%+187%
Languages spoken
80
Born overseas
48.9%

How do Wollert's languages rank?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Punjabi
    3,546+219%
  2. 02
    Arabic
    1,941+270%
  3. 03
    Hindi
    1,151+175%
  4. 04
    Macedonian
    864+113%
  5. 05
    Urdu
    749+362%
  6. 06
    Malayalam
    549+200%
  7. 07
    Nepali
    503+580%
  8. 08
    Italian
    470+39.5%
  9. 09
    Tamil
    450+151%
  10. 10
    Sinhalese
    426+125%

Why doesn't one language lead in Wollert?

The largest, Punjabi, is spoken by about 3,500 people. Each of 15 languages reaches one resident in 100.

Which countries are Wollert's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up nearly one in two residents, most often from India.

  1. 01
    India
    4,570+210%
  2. 02
    Iraq
    803+425%
  3. 03
    Sri Lanka
    577+126%
  4. 04
    Pakistan
    455+406%
  5. 05
    North Macedonia
    448
  6. 06
    Philippines
    428+164%
  7. 07
    Nepal
    427+519%
  8. 08
    New Zealand
    373+122%
  9. 09
    Italy
    296+103%
  10. 10
    Iran
    245+345%

Where does Wollert sit against Whittlesea?

The share speaking another language is 1.5 times the figure for Whittlesea.

Wollert
63.9%
Australia
21.3%
Whittlesea
44.0%

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

What religions are reported in Wollert?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    8,451+124%
  2. 02
    Islam
    4,585+308%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    3,336+242%
  4. 04
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,995+184%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    721+159%

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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