26.3% ▲ +34.0%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6149, WA · Postcode
Language in 6149, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of people speak a language other than English in postcode 6149 compared to the rest of the state. While 71.1% use only English, over a quarter of the population now uses another language at home. This linguistic diversity has grown steadily over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 26.3% of people use another language at home, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 18.4% and rose 6.7 points since 2011. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 9.2%, though the proportion of people who speak little or no English is about the same as the national figure at 2.9%.
2.9% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 6149, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6149/6149-wa/topic/language