13.8% ▲ +190.5%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6122, WA · Postcode
Language in 6122, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much wider variety of languages are spoken in postcode 6122 now than a decade ago, with the share of people using a language other than English rising by 9.0 percentage points since 2011. While 13.8% of residents now speak another language at home, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.2% of the area, though Punjabi is the most common second language at 2.5%. While more people use other languages here than in most similar areas, only 1.2% speak little or no English, which is a little below the Western Australian figure.
1.2% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 6122, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6122/6122-wa/topic/language