21.6% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cockburn · Council (LGA)
Language in Cockburn
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over one in five people in Cockburn speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. This linguistic diversity has grown since 2011 and now sits well above the Western Australian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 74% of residents speak only English, 21.6% use another language, with Mandarin, Italian, and Tagalog being the most common. This is consistent with a small but notable group, 2.6% of the population, who speak little or no English.
2.6% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Cockburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51820/cockburn/topic/language