6.9% ▲ +33.7%
Higher than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6172, WA · Postcode
Language in 6172, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone living in postcode 6172. Only 6.9% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This means the area is much more linguistically uniform than the rest of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87.5% of residents, with small numbers speaking Tagalog, Mandarin, and Italian. Very few people—just 0.7%—speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and is a little below the national average.
0.7% ▲ +40.9%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 6172, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6172/6172-wa/topic/language