20.0% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6163, WA · Postcode
Language in 6163, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
One in five people in postcode 6163 speaks a language other than English at home. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places, though the proportion has stayed steady since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 20% of residents use another language at home, with Italian being the most common non-English tongue at 3.3%. While this is much higher than most similar areas, only 2.5% of people speak little or no English.
2.5% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 6163, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6163/6163-wa/topic/language