2.4% ▲ +114.9%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6240, WA · Postcode
Language in 6240, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way people communicate in postcode 6240, where very few residents use another language. Only 2.4% of people speak a language other than English at home, making it far less linguistically diverse than most other Australian areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87.9% of residents, and the proportion of people using another language at home is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the fact that no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 6240, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6240/6240-wa/topic/language