20.4% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Melville · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Melville
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About one in five people in Melville use a language other than English at home, making it a more linguistically diverse area than most. This reflects a growing trend in the region, as the share of people speaking other languages has risen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 76% of residents speak only English, Mandarin (4.8%) and Cantonese (2.0%) are the most common other languages. Despite this diversity, the 2.1% of people who speak little or no English is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
2.1% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50704/melville/topic/language