40.8% ▲ +44.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Canning Vale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Canning Vale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English in Canning Vale than in the rest of the state. About 40.8% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 52.9% of people, while Mandarin is the most common other language at 10.3%. This diversity is reflected in the 5.7% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure well above the state's 2.3%.
5.7% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Canning Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50245/canning-vale/topic/language