welcome to wyndham. as at 2011 in wyndham over fifty thousand residents were born overseas
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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.
Image source: http://www.wyndhamdiwali.org.au/
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.
Image source: http://www.vgavic.org.au/about_us/our_growers_on_the_web/rita___tony_farranda.htm
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