13.6% ▲ +133.1%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6609, WA · Postcode
Language in 6609, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A shift toward more diverse speech is happening in postcode 6609, where the share of people using a language other than English at home rose by 7.8 percentage points since 2011. While 13.6% of residents now speak another language, this remains well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 71.9% of the area, though Tagalog is spoken by 4.5% of people. Only 0.6% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure and has barely changed since 2016.
0.6% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 6609, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6609/6609-wa/topic/language