30.5% ▲ +22.9%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6066, WA · Postcode
Language in 6066, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over 30% of people in postcode 6066 speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the state average. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other parts of Western Australia. The use of non-English languages has risen steadily over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 65% of residents, while Vietnamese is the most common second language at 6.8%. Because of this diversity, 6.4% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the Western Australian average.
6.4% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 6066, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6066/6066-wa/topic/language