16.6% ▲ +71.9%
Higher than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Curtin · Federal Electorate
Language in Curtin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A rising number of people in Curtin now speak a language other than English, with this group growing by 6.9 percentage points since 2011. While English remains the primary tongue for most, the area has become more linguistically diverse over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Most people speak only English (79.1%), and very few struggle with the language, with just 1.4% speaking little or no English.
1.4% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Curtin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED505/curtin/topic/language