39.5% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Darch · Suburb / Locality
Language in Darch
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 40% of people in Darch speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above both the state and national averages. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse among similar places. While English remains the main language, there is a significant presence of diverse native tongues spoken across the suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 39.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Vietnamese being the most common non-English language at 6.5%. This high diversity is reflected in the 4.9% of people who speak little or no English, which is a little above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
4.9% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Darch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50384/darch/topic/language