Macedonian
4,469 speakers
About 2.1 per cent of all residents.
Wollongong, New South Wales
What Wollongong speaks at home
At the 2021 Census, one in seven residents in Wollongong spoke a language other than English at home. Macedonian was the most common, followed by Arabic. Most other languages here have fewer than one speaker per 100 residents. Australia as a whole sits a little above Wollongong.
- Residents
- 211,670
- Speak another language
- 31,029
- Languages at home
- 120
- Change since 2016
- −2.3%
Which three languages are most common in Wollongong?
How does Wollongong compare with the City of Sydney?
In the City of Sydney, the share speaking another language is more than double. Among 128 councils in New South Wales, Wollongong is 31st.
- Wollongong
- 14.7%
- City of Sydney
- 33.9%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
How does Wollongong's language list break down?
Ten rows at a time, largest first. Anything the ABS couldn't pin to a single language is counted in the totals, not here.
- 014,469-6.2%
- 022,888+1.8%
- 032,869-21.7%
- 042,203-26.3%
- 051,638+7.4%
- 061,502-10.6%
- 071,411-1.0%
- 081,105+1.8%
- 09931-2.2%
- 10878+4.8%
How big is each language community in Wollongong?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Which community in Wollongong grew most since 2016?
Fastest-growing language
Urdu
+109.1% since 2016
Urdu has more than doubled since 2016, the steepest rise of any language that had 150 or more speakers in 2016.
Which suburbs of Wollongong are most multilingual?
The share runs from just over one in two residents in Cringila to 1.2 per cent of residents in Brownsville.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- CringilaLed by Arabic52%1,121
- CataractLed by Macedonian50%4
- WarrawongLed by Macedonian34%1,588
- GwynnevilleLed by Mandarin32%943
- ConistonLed by Macedonian31%681
- Lake HeightsLed by Arabic30%1,166
- WollongongLed by Mandarin26%5,330
- North WollongongLed by Mandarin25%580
- Port KemblaLed by Macedonian24%1,180
- Fairy MeadowLed by Italian21%1,546
- Cordeaux HeightsLed by Macedonian20%890
- BerkeleyLed by Macedonian19%1,545
- West WollongongLed by Serbian19%882
- KeiravilleLed by Mandarin18%756
- FigtreeLed by Macedonian18%2,189
- BalgownieLed by Italian15%869
- Mount Saint ThomasLed by Macedonian14%210
- UnanderraLed by Italian14%743
- PrimbeeLed by Greek13%214
- FernhillLed by Italian13%153
- MangertonLed by Greek13%383
- Mount OusleyLed by Mandarin13%196
- TarrawannaLed by Italian13%267
- CorrimalLed by Italian12%847
- Mount Pleasant (NSW)Led by Italian12%154
- WongawilliLed by Malayalam12%148
- Kembla GrangeLed by Malayalam12%172
- Mount KeiraLed by Macedonian12%180
- TowradgiLed by Italian11%371
- YallahLed by Macedonian11%13
- HorsleyLed by Macedonian11%1,056
- Farmborough HeightsLed by Macedonian11%463
- Haywards BayLed by Spanish11%136
- BellambiLed by Arabic9%376
- KanahookaLed by Italian7%408
- East CorrimalLed by Greek7%245
- Avondale (NSW)Led by Spanish6%118
- OtfordLed by Spanish6%24
- DaptoLed by Macedonian6%616
- Mount KemblaLed by Italian5%63
- BulliLed by Spanish5%364
- KoonawarraLed by Spanish5%202
- WoononaLed by Italian5%615
- ThirroulLed by Spanish5%309
- WombarraLed by Spanish5%45
- ColedaleLed by Spanish4%57
- WindangLed by Italian4%108
- HelensburghLed by German4%270
- AustinmerLed by German4%107
- Stanwell ParkLed by Dutch3%50
- Russell ValeLed by German3%50
- Woronora DamLed by Greek3%6
- Stanwell TopsLed by Spanish2%11
- CoalcliffLed by German1%3
- BrownsvilleLed by Italian1%6
- Scarborough (NSW)0%0
- Kembla Heights0%0
- 57 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Where were Wollongong's residents born?
Among residents born overseas, England leads.
Country of birth
18.6% born overseas, across 145 countries.
- 01England8,008-0.8%
- 02North Macedonia2,906
- 03India2,281+60.0%
- 04Italy2,277-9.6%
- 05New Zealand2,261+9.7%
- 06China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)1,765-40.7%
- 07Philippines1,225+29.6%
- 08Scotland1,188-13.1%
- 09Vietnam943+14.6%
- 10Germany870-12.2%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity107,825-10.7%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs83,180+44.2%
- 03Islam5,581+22.1%
- 04Buddhism2,370-3.2%
- 05Hinduism1,876+52.1%
- 06Judaism125+131%
Where does Wollongong sit on the map of Australia's languages?
Wollongong shaded by the share of residents speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.
Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.
The headline 14.7% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 9,462 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 19.1%, while measuring only those who answered gives 15.3%.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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