16.9% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Joondalup · Suburb / Locality
Language in Joondalup
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Joondalup compared to most similar areas. While 16.9% of the community uses another language at home, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 77.4% of residents, though Mandarin is the most common other language at 1.8%. A small number of people speak little or no English (1.6%), which is much higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the state figure.
1.6% ▼ -32.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Joondalup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50701/joondalup/topic/language