23.9% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Perth City · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Perth City
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 24% of people in Perth City speak another language at home, which is well above the Western Australian average. This linguistic diversity is a key feature of the city centre, where a quarter of the population uses a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 70.1% speak only English, the use of other languages has risen to 23.9% since 2011. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 3.4%, though only 2.5% of residents speak little or no English.
2.5% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Perth City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50302/perth-city/topic/language