19.8% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Vincent · Council (LGA)
Language in Vincent
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 75% of people in Vincent speak only English at home, though the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places. While English is dominant, about one in five residents uses another language, reflecting a multicultural community that is slightly more diverse than the Western Australian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the state figure. Italian is the most common non-English language at 3%, followed by Mandarin at 2.2%. Meanwhile, 2.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has fallen since 2016.
2.7% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Vincent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58570/vincent/topic/language