20.3% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Northbridge · Suburb / Locality
Language in Northbridge
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 76.5% of residents in Northbridge. While the area is more linguistically diverse than many similar places, it remains less so than the wider state average. This creates a community where most people speak English, though a fifth of households use another language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 20.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This includes 4.5% who speak Mandarin and 3.7% who speak Cantonese. Only 2.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the national average of 3.4%.
2.3% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Northbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13032/northbridge/topic/language