7.2% ▲ +19.6%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Trigg - North Beach - Watermans Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Trigg - North Beach - Watermans Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Trigg - North Beach - Watermans Bay compared to the rest of the country. Only 7.2% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home by 89.4% of residents, and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is much lower than most areas at just 0.5%. While the use of other languages rose slightly since 2011, the area remains far below the Western Australian average of 18.4%.
0.5% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Trigg - North Beach - Watermans Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505021094/trigg-north-beach-watermans-bay/topic/language