27.4% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Stirling · Council (LGA)
Language in Stirling
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of residents speak a language other than English in Stirling than in most other areas. About 27.4% of people use another language at home, which is well above the Western Australian figure. This linguistic diversity has grown over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 67.6% of people speak only English, 27.4% use another language, with Italian, Mandarin and Vietnamese being the most common. This is well above the national figure, and the share of people who speak little or no English is a little above the state average at 3.8%.
3.8% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57910/stirling/topic/language