24.8% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Spearwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Spearwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Spearwood than in most similar areas. Nearly a quarter of residents use another language at home, though this is a little above the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 71.1% speak only English, 24.8% use another language, with Italian being the most common at 5.2%. This is well above the Western Australian figure, though 4.0% of the community speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most other areas.
4.0% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Spearwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507011160/spearwood/topic/language