28.3% ▲ +42.4%
Higher than 80% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Perth - South East · Region (SA4)
Language in Perth - South East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 66.2% of people in Perth - South East, though the area is becoming far more linguistically diverse. Nearly 28.3% of residents now speak another language at home, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home rose 8.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 28.3%, which is much higher than most areas. While Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 4.3%, about 3.6% of residents speak little or no English, a figure slightly above the state average.
3.6% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 78% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 - South East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/506/perth-south-east/topic/language