14.6% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6162, WA · Postcode
Language in 6162, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 80.6% of people in postcode 6162. While the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places, the share of people speaking another language at home has fallen to 14.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Italian is the most common second language at 4.4%, while 2.3% of people speak little or no English.
2.3% ▼ -28.0%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 6162, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6162/6162-wa/topic/language