24.6% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Manning - Waterford · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Manning - Waterford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in four people in Manning - Waterford use a language other than English at home. This makes the area more linguistically diverse than most similar places. This pattern has remained steady for a decade, with 24.6% speaking another language in 2021 compared to 24.9% in 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. Mandarin is the most common second language at 6.1%, followed by Cantonese at 2.3%. Meanwhile, 2.8% of people speak little or no English, a result that is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.8% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Manning - Waterford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506071146/manning-waterford/topic/language