5.8% —
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Karnup · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Karnup
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for almost everyone in Karnup, where only 5.8% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure and makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 88.8% of residents speak only English, with the small minority of other languages including Tagalog, Arabic and Italian. Only 0.5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
0.5% —
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 Karnup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507051314/karnup/topic/language