17.3% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Perth - Kensington · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in South Perth - Kensington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language use in South Perth - Kensington has remained very steady since 2011. While 17.3% of residents speak another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of the area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home for 77.6% of people, while Mandarin is the most common other language at 2.4%. Very few residents speak little or no English at 1.7%, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure of 2.3%.
1.7% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 South Perth - Kensington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506071147/south-perth-kensington/topic/language