43.1% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 47.7%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bentley · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bentley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 43% of people in Bentley use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse in the region. English is still the most common language, but many residents speak a variety of other tongues.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 43.1% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the 18.4% seen across Western Australia. This diversity is reflected in the 4.7% who speak little or no English, a figure a little above the national average. The most common non-English languages are Mandarin at 7.3%, followed by Cantonese, Punjabi and Arabic.
4.7% ▼ -35.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Bentley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50111/bentley/topic/language