16.2% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Jolimont · Suburb / Locality
Language in Jolimont
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of people in Jolimont speak a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While 16.2% of residents use another language, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language spoken here at 2.9%. Despite the variety of languages, only 1.3% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
1.3% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Jolimont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50700/jolimont/topic/language