26.6% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Perth (North) - Highgate · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Perth (North) - Highgate
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in four people in Highgate speak another language at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other parts of the state. English remains the main language, but a wide variety of other tongues are heard across the neighbourhood.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 26.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure well above Western Australia's 18.4%. This diversity is reflected in the mix of Mandarin, Vietnamese, Italian, and Cantonese speakers, while 3.7% of people speak little or no English.
3.7% —
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 Perth (North) - Highgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/503021296/perth-highgate/topic/language