29.5% ▲ +111.2%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6110, WA · Postcode
Language in 6110, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 30% of people in postcode 6110 speak a language other than English at home, making it a much more linguistically diverse area than most across the country. This shift is recent, with the proportion of people using another language rising by 16 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 64.8% speak only English, others use Mandarin, Punjabi, Arabic or Tagalog. This diversity is far above the Western Australian figure of 18.4%, and 4.2% of residents speak little or no English.
4.2% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 6110, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6110/6110-wa/topic/language