8.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hamelin Bay · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Hamelin Bay compared to the rest of the country. While 8.6% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents use only English in their daily lives.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home for 84.5% of residents. While the proportion of people using another language is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the Western Australian average of 18.4%.
8.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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 Hamelin Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50605/hamelin-bay/topic/language