14.5% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Joondalup - Edgewater · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Joondalup - Edgewater
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Joondalup - Edgewater, where 80.6% of residents speak only English at home. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and country, though the number of people using another language has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 14.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Most of these residents speak Mandarin, and very few struggle with English, with only 1.5% saying they speak little or no English.
1.5% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Joondalup - Edgewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505011077/joondalup-edgewater/topic/language