43.1% ▲ +46.4%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Canning Vale - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Canning Vale - East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A 14 percentage point jump since 2011 means Canning Vale - East is now much more linguistically diverse than it used to be. Today, 43.1% of people speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly half the population uses another language at home, with Mandarin (10.4%), Punjabi (4.5%), and Cantonese (2.6%) being the most common after English. Around 6.1% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the Western Australian average and has remained steady since 2016.
6.1% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Canning Vale - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506041133/canning-vale-east/topic/language