3.4% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chidlow · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.4% of people in Chidlow use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. The area is overwhelmingly English-speaking, with very few residents speaking a different language or struggling with English.
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English (91.1%), and the 3.4% who use another language at home is much lower than the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. While only 0.5% speak little or no English, this is actually higher than in most similar areas.
3.4% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.5% ▲ —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Chidlow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50290/chidlow/topic/language