38.3% ▲ +78.0%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6109, WA · Postcode
Language in 6109, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English in postcode 6109 compared to the rest of the state. About 38.3% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has risen by 17 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
More than a third of the community use a language other than English, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. This diversity is reflected in the 6.3% who speak little or no English, while the most common non-English languages are Tagalog, Punjabi, and Arabic.
6.3% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 6109, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6109/6109-wa/topic/language