15.2% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Capricorn · Suburb / Locality
Language in Capricorn
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Capricorn compared to most similar areas. While 15.2% of the population uses another language at home, this is still well below the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 36.7% of residents, with Mandarin being the next most common at 5.1%. Notably, the 6.3% of people who speak little or no English is among the highest for this level of area, sitting well above the Western Australian figure of 2.3%.
6.3% ▲ —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
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).
More for Capricorn
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Capricorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50253/capricorn/topic/language