12.3% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bassendean · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bassendean
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for the vast majority of people in Bassendean, though about 12% of residents use another language at home. This mix means that while most daily life is in English, there is a more diverse range of home languages here than in many similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 82.7% of people speak only English, 12.3% use another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. Very few people struggle with English, with only 1.3% speaking little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australian average.
1.3% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Bassendean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50078/bassendean/topic/language