42.8% ▲ +35.1%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Canning · Council (LGA)
Language in Canning
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Canning speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the state. This trend has grown significantly, with 42.8% of residents now using another language, a figure far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 43% of people use another language at home, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. While English is most common at 52.9%, Mandarin is spoken by 9.8% of residents, and 5.6% speak little or no English.
5.6% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.6%
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/lga/LGA51330/canning/topic/language