3.3% ▲ +42.3%
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6208, WA · Postcode
Language in 6208, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people use a language other than English at home in postcode 6208 compared to the rest of the country. Only 3.3% of residents speak another language, which is a huge gap behind the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other Australian regions.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 89.4% of residents, and the 3.3% who use another language at home is far below the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. This trend is reflected in the fact that only 0.2% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the national average.
0.2% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 6208, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6208/6208-wa/topic/language