7.2% ▼ -63.6%
Lower than 76% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Canning · Federal Electorate
Language in Canning
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 7.2% of people in Canning speak another language at home, making it one of the most English-dominant areas in the region. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when nearly 20% of residents used a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 86.9% of residents, which is far below the national figure of 22.3% for other languages. Very few people struggle with English here, with only 0.6% speaking little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.6% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Canning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED503/canning/topic/language