39.9% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6147, WA · Postcode
Language in 6147, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher proportion of people in postcode 6147 use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the state. Around 40% of residents speak another language, which is 22 percentage points above the Western Australian figure. This linguistic diversity has grown steadily over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 55.2% of residents speak only English, Mandarin (8.5%) and Cantonese (4.2%) are the most common other languages. This diversity helps explain why 7.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure well above the 3.4% national average.
7.8% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 6147, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6147/6147-wa/topic/language