18.7% ▲ +39.9%
Higher than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fremantle · Federal Electorate
Language in Fremantle
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Fremantle have shifted to using a language other than English at home since 2011, with the share rising by 5.3 percentage points. While 18.7% of residents now speak another language, this is well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 76.5% of the community, followed by Italian and Mandarin. Very few people struggle with English, with only 2.2% speaking little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
2.2% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Fremantle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED508/fremantle/topic/language