32.3% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Dianella · Suburb / Locality
Language in Dianella
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English in Dianella than in the rest of Western Australia. About 32.3% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse places at this level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 63.9% of people speak only English, Vietnamese, Italian, Mandarin and Cantonese are also common. This diversity is reflected in the 4.9% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the state and national averages.
4.9% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 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 Dianella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50409/dianella/topic/language