30.2% ▲ +229.7%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6055, WA · Postcode
Language in 6055, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in three people in postcode 6055 speak a language other than English at home. This area has seen a massive shift in its linguistic makeup, with the proportion of people using other languages jumping 21 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 30.2% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. While English is most common at 65.1%, Punjabi (4.9%) and Tagalog (2.8%) are also spoken, though the 3% who speak little or no English is about the same as the national average.
3.0% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 6055, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6055/6055-wa/topic/language