6.2% ▲ +38.9%
Lower than 77% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mandurah · Region (SA4)
Language in Mandurah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Mandurah than in most other Australian areas. Only 6.2% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the state average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87.6% of the population, and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is much lower than most areas at just 0.5%. While the use of other languages rose slightly to 6.2% since 2011, the most common non-English languages are Tagalog, Mandarin and Italian.
0.5% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Mandurah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/502/mandurah/topic/language