17.3% ▲ +53.5%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6031, WA · Postcode
Language in 6031, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A rise of 6.0 percentage points since 2011 defines the linguistic shift in postcode 6031, where 17.3% of people now speak a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 79.2% of residents, though Tagalog and Punjabi are the next most common at 1.2% each. Only 1.6% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.6% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 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 6031, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6031/6031-wa/topic/language