35.6% ▲ +63.4%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gosnells · Council (LGA)
Language in Gosnells
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Gosnells compared to most similar areas. Over a third of the population uses another language at home, a figure that has risen by 14 points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 35.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. This diversity is reflected in the 5.5% who speak little or no English, a rate well above the state average; common non-English languages include Mandarin, Punjabi and Arabic.
5.5% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Gosnells [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53780/gosnells/topic/language