30.0% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6060, WA · Postcode
Language in 6060, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Three in ten residents in postcode 6060 use a language other than English at home, making it much more linguistically diverse than most other areas. This level of variety has remained steady over the last decade, with 30.0% of people speaking a second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 65.0% of people, others commonly speak Italian, Mandarin, Vietnamese or Cantonese. Around 3.7% of the population speak little or no English, which is a little above the Western Australian figure of 2.3%.
3.7% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 6060, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6060/6060-wa/topic/language