37.6% ▲ +37.5%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
6762, WA · Postcode
Language in 6762, WA
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a third of residents in postcode 6762 now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen by 10 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of Western Australia and the nation.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 37.6% of people use another language at home—far above the national figure of 22.3%—only 0.9% speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian average. English is the main language for 40% of the population, followed by small numbers of Tagalog and Mandarin speakers.
0.9% ▼ -72.4%
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 6762, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6762/6762-wa/topic/language