Thirroul, Wollongong

The languages of Thirroul

Thirroul is overwhelmingly English-speaking: about 5,700 people use only English at home, according to the 2021 Census. None of those languages reaches one in 100 people. The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for Australia as a whole.

Residents
6,237
Speak another language
5.0%+34.3%
Languages spoken
27
Born overseas
15.1%

Which languages other than English are spoken in Thirroul?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Spanish
    43+87.0%
  2. 02
    Italian
    220%
  3. 03
    Arabic
    20+150%
  4. 04
    German
    19+18.8%
  5. 05
    Mandarin
    19+18.8%
  6. 06
    Japanese
    18+63.6%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese
    16+60.0%
  8. 08
    Macedonian
    15+114%
  9. 09
    Thai
    14-17.6%
  10. 10
    French
    13-50.0%

Where does Thirroul sit against Wollongong?

The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for Wollongong.

Thirroul
5.0%
Australia
21.3%
Wollongong
14.7%

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

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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