2.4% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6244, WA · Postcode
Language in 6244, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way people communicate in postcode 6244, where very few residents use a different language at home. Only 2.4% of people speak a language other than English, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
A far lower proportion of people use another language at home compared to the national figure, and this has fallen by 1.1 percentage points since 2011. Very few residents struggle with English, with just 0.2% speaking little or no English.
0.2% ▼ -53.9%
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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 6244, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6244/6244-wa/topic/language