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East Fremantle · Council (LGA)

Language in East Fremantle

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary way people communicate in East Fremantle, with 88.3% of residents speaking it exclusively. Very few people here use a language other than English at home, making it far less linguistically diverse than the state or national average.

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📍 East Fremantle, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 7.5% of people use another language at home, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen since 2011. This is reflected in the very small number of people who speak little or no English, which at 0.7% is a little below the figure for Western Australia.

People using another language at home

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7.5% ▼ -17.3%

Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.7% ▲ +11.9%

Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In East Fremantle, English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 2%.

English only 88.3% Italian 1.9% Mandarin 0.3% Cantonese 0.2% Vietnamese 0.1% Greek 0.1% Arabic 0.1% Hindi 0.1%

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 East Fremantle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53150/east-fremantle/topic/language