30.7% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6108, WA · Postcode
Language in 6108, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in postcode 6108 compared to most other areas. Around 30.7% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has risen by 9.9 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area significantly more linguistically diverse than both the state and the nation.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 64.8% of people, while Mandarin (5.1%), Arabic (2.0%), Cantonese (1.9%), and Punjabi (1.7%) are also common. Around 5.2% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little above the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
5.2% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 6108, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6108/6108-wa/topic/language