34.3% ▲ +45.8%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6148, WA · Postcode
Language in 6148, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a third of people in postcode 6148 now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen by 11 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 34.3% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While 62.6% speak only English, the most common other languages are Mandarin (9.1%) and Cantonese (2.9%), and 3.9% of people speak little or no English.
3.9% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 6148, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6148/6148-wa/topic/language