17.4% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Subiaco · Council (LGA)
Language in Subiaco
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of residents speak a language other than English in Subiaco compared to most similar areas. While 17.4% of people use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 77.7% of residents, with Mandarin at 2.9% as the most common other tongue. Only 1.6% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has fallen since 2016.
1.6% ▼ -38.3%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 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 Subiaco [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57980/subiaco/topic/language