Welcome to Wyndham

As at 2011 in Wyndham

over fifty thousand residents were born overseas.

Between 2006 and 2011 in Wyndham the number of people who were

born overseas grew by nearly 17,000.

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Between 2006 and 2011 in Wyndham the greatest increase in countries of birth were…

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Philippines India New Zealand China United Kingdom

Between 2006 and 2011 in Wyndham …

2006 2011

Born in Australia Born in English-speaking country

Born in non-English speaking country

…while the proportion of residents born in

non-English-speaking countries grew from

18% to 25%.

…the proportion of

residents born in

Australia dropped

from 68% to 61%...

30% of Wyndham’s

residents speak a language other than English at

home.

As at 2011 in Wyndham the most commonly spoken languages other than English were

Filipino/Tagalog ItalianMandarin HindiArabic

Image source: http://www.nselam.com/2014/05/02/eritrean-refugee-plight-captured-by-werribee-artist-in-altona/

Between 2006 and 2011 in Wyndham the languages with the

fastest rate of growth were Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Karen and Mandarin.

As at 2011 in Wyndham there

were about 7000 people who have difficulty speaking

English.

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Currently in Wyndham, people who arrive as skilled migrants are

mostly commonly from

India, followed by

China, the

Philippines and the

United Kingdom.

Image source: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/skilling-time-migrants-wait-for-lucky-break-20100626-zb1t.html

Currently in

Wyndham, Karen people born in

Burma and Thailand represent the

greatest number of people arriving as

humanitarian entrants.

Image source: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bushtelegraph/karen-boys-hunting-rabbits-at-werribee/4918998

There are hundreds of

asylum seekers living in Wyndham,

with Iran being the most common country of origin, followed by

Sri Lanka.Image source: http://www.news.com.au/national/manus-island-riot-how-did-iranian-asylum-seeker-reza-berati-die/story-fncynjr2-1226839986356

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Between 2006 and 2011 in Wyndham the number of people observing non-Christian religions tripled.

a five-fold increase in followers of

Hinduism

Image sourced from: http://college.wfu.edu/religion/students/why-majorminor-in-religion/

This includes a doubling of people

observing Islam

and a doubling of people

following Buddhismx6a six-fold increase in

followers of the

Sikh tradition