20.2% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 70% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Perth - Inner · Region (SA4)
Language in Perth - Inner
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A little below the national figure of 22.3%, about 20.2% of people in Perth - Inner use a language other than English at home. This reflects a diverse community where the use of other languages has risen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 74.6% of residents, though Mandarin is the most common other tongue at 3.4%. While 20.2% of people use another language, only 2.0% speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
2.0% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 60% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 - Inner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/503/perth-inner/topic/language