17.1% ▲ +80.1%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6167, WA · Postcode
Language in 6167, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in postcode 6167 is becoming more multilingual, with 17.1% of people now speaking a language other than English at home. This is much higher than most similar areas, and the number of people using other languages has jumped by 7.6 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 73.2% of residents, others include Tagalog, Punjabi and Mandarin. About 1.7% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state figure.
1.7% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 6167, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6167/6167-wa/topic/language