22.3% ▲ +48.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Banksia Grove · Suburb / Locality
Language in Banksia Grove
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one quarter of residents in Banksia Grove use a language other than English at home. This is much higher than in most similar areas. While this figure matches the national average, it is well above the state average for Western Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 22.3% of people speak another language at home, with Tagalog, Punjabi and Vietnamese being the most common non-English tongues. Despite this diversity, only 2.3% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure.
2.3% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 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 Banksia Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50069/banksia-grove/topic/language