12.6% ▲ +59.5%
Higher than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kalamunda · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Kalamunda
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Kalamunda, where 83.2% of people speak only English at home. While the number of people using other languages has risen to 12.6% since 2011, this is still well below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 1.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and is a little below the national average. Aside from English, the most common languages spoken are Mandarin and Italian, each used by 1.0% of the population.
1.3% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Kalamunda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50605/kalamunda/topic/language