20.7% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wanneroo · Council (LGA)
Language in Wanneroo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over one in five people in Wanneroo speak a language other than English at home. This reflects a diverse community where 20.7% of residents use a second language, a figure that has risen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 74.7% of people speak only English, the area has a much higher proportion of non-English speakers than most other regions. This is alongside a higher rate of people who speak little or no English, at 3.1%, with Vietnamese, Arabic and Mandarin being the most common second languages.
3.1% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Wanneroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58760/wanneroo/topic/language