29.2% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6003, WA · Postcode
Language in 6003, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 30% of people in postcode 6003 used a language other than English at home in 2021, though this is slightly down from 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of Western Australia. It is a place where a wide range of global languages are spoken daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 29.2% of residents speak another language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. While 61.1% speak only English, common other languages include Mandarin (4.1%) and Cantonese (2.2%). The proportion of people who speak little or no English is 3.9%, which is a little above the state average.
3.9% ▼ -33.2%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 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 6003, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6003/6003-wa/topic/language