5.8% ▲ +84.4%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6174, WA · Postcode
Language in 6174, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 5.8% of people in postcode 6174 use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, meaning the area is much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia. While the number of people speaking other languages has risen since 2011, English remains the dominant tongue here.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 88.8% of residents, which helps explain why only 0.5% of the population speaks little or no English. This small figure is a little below both the state and national averages and has barely changed since 2016.
0.5% ▲ +48.6%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 6174, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6174/6174-wa/topic/language