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Languages spoken in Wellington

3.0% of Wellington residents speak a language other than English at home, across 65 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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44,911

Residents

3.0%

+3.5%

Speak a language other than English

65

Languages spoken

#364

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    103+2.0%
  2. 02
    Tagalog
    102+45.7%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese
    74+37.0%
  4. 04
    Punjabi
    73+1.4%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans
    69+116%
  6. 06
    Filipino
    64+48.8%
  7. 07
    Italian
    63-38.2%
  8. 08
    Malayalam
    50+35.1%
  9. 09
    Sinhalese
    45+66.7%
  10. 10
    Spanish
    42+68.0%

65 languages recorded in Wellington(ABS Census 2021). Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in the totals above but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

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