37.6% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6063, WA · Postcode
Language in 6063, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a third of people in postcode 6063 now speak another language at home, a figure that has risen by 7.6 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of Western Australia and the nation.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 37.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the most common language at 57.1%, Vietnamese is the next most spoken at 6.3%. Consistent with this diversity, 7.5% of people speak little or no English, a rate well above the state average.
7.5% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 6063, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6063/6063-wa/topic/language