4.7% —
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6422, WA · Postcode
Language in 6422, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far smaller share of people use a language other than English at home in postcode 6422 compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.7% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This highlights a community with very little linguistic diversity.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 84.4% of residents, and the proportion of people using another language at home fell by 8.8 points since 2016. Consistent with this, 0.0% of people speak little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average.
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 6422, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6422/6422-wa/topic/language