24.7% ▲ +87.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Huntingdale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Huntingdale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of people speak a language other than English in Huntingdale compared to most other areas. About 24.7% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. This creates a linguistically diverse community where nearly one in four people speaks a non-English language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 70.8% of residents, followed by Mandarin, Arabic, Punjabi and Tagalog. While 3.2% of people speak little or no English, this is much higher than most similar areas.
3.2% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 Huntingdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50661/huntingdale/topic/language