18.1% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6154, WA · Postcode
Language in 6154, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five people in postcode 6154 uses a language other than English at home. This represents a diverse community where the use of other languages has risen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 18.1% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than most areas, only 2% speak little or no English. The most common non-English languages spoken are Mandarin at 3.6% and Cantonese at 2.1%.
2.0% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 6154, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6154/6154-wa/topic/language