18.1% ▲ +47.2%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6161, WA · Postcode
Language in 6161, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in five people in postcode 6161 use a language other than English at home. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places, with the number of non-English speakers rising significantly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 67.5% of residents speak only English, 18.1% use another language at home, with Mandarin (4.8%) and Hindi (1.8%) being common. This is much higher than in most areas, though a small 1.8% of people speak little or no English.
1.8% ▲ —
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 6161, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6161/6161-wa/topic/language