5.8% ▲ +47.8%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6176, WA · Postcode
Language in 6176, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way people communicate in postcode 6176, where very few residents need language support for daily life. Only 5.8% of people use another language at home, making it far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Western Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 88.8% of residents. While the share of people using other languages rose 1.9 points since 2011 to 5.8%, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 0.5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the state and national figures.
0.5% ▼ -34.6%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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 6176, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6176/6176-wa/topic/language