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Languages spoken in Wollongong

14.7% of Wollongong residents speak a language other than English at home, across 120 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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211,670

Residents

14.7%

-2.3%

Speak a language other than English

120

Languages spoken

#132

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Macedonian
    4,469-6.2%
  2. 02
    Arabic
    2,888+1.8%
  3. 03
    Italian
    2,869-21.7%
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    2,203-26.3%
  5. 05
    Spanish
    1,638+7.4%
  6. 06
    Greek
    1,502-10.6%
  7. 07
    Serbian
    1,411-1.0%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese
    1,105+1.8%
  9. 09
    Portuguese
    931-2.2%
  10. 10
    Turkish
    878+4.8%

120 languages recorded in Wollongong(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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