37.8% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Perth · Council (LGA)
Language in Perth
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 38% of people in Perth speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This reflects a diverse community where more than one in three residents uses a non-English language, a trend that has grown significantly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 8.4%, followed by Cantonese at 2.4%. While 3.9% of residents speak little or no English—a figure that is much higher than most areas—this has fallen since 2016.
3.9% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57080/perth/topic/language