6.5% ▲ +43.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6443, WA · Postcode
Language in 6443, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A slow rise in linguistic diversity has seen the share of people using a language other than English in postcode 6443 climb to 6.5% since 2011. This is a modest increase in a region where English remains the dominant way people communicate. Most residents use only English at home, and there are virtually no residents who struggle to speak the language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 72.6% of the area, while Mandarin is the most common other language at 0.6%. The proportion of people using another language at home is far below the national figure of 22.3%, and the 0.0% who speak little or no English is lower than most areas.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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 6443, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6443/6443-wa/topic/language