4.5% ▲ +116.0%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6123, WA · Postcode
Language in 6123, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 4.5% of people in postcode 6123 use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than both Western Australia and the rest of the country. While the number of people speaking other languages has risen slightly since 2011, English remains the dominant tongue here.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 88.7% of residents, while Mandarin and Punjabi are the next most common languages at 0.4% each. Only 0.5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.5% ▲ +37.7%
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 6123, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6123/6123-wa/topic/language