12.2% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Karrinyup - Gwelup - Carine · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Karrinyup - Gwelup - Carine
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Karrinyup - Gwelup - Carine, where 84.9% of people speak only English at home. While the number of people using other languages has risen slightly to 12.2%, this is still far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 1.2% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and sits a little below the Western Australian average. Outside of English, the most common languages spoken are Mandarin at 1.7% and Italian at 1.3%.
1.2% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Karrinyup - Gwelup - Carine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505021089/karrinyup-gwelup-carine/topic/language