6.3% ▲ +33.1%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Plantagenet · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Plantagenet
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English in Plantagenet than in most similar areas. Only 6.3% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much more linguistically uniform than the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.1% of the population, and while the use of other languages rose 1.6 points since 2011, it remains far below the Western Australian average of 18.4%. Only 1.2% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.2% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Plantagenet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509011234/plantagenet/topic/language