12.8% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fremantle · Council (LGA)
Language in Fremantle
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Fewer people in Fremantle have used a language other than English at home since 2011, with the figure falling to 12.8%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the national average, though it remains more diverse than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 81% of people speak only English, Italian is the most common other language at 3.2%. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 1.6% speaking little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure.
1.6% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Fremantle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53430/fremantle/topic/language