25.1% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Joondanna · Suburb / Locality
Language in Joondanna
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About one in four people in Joondanna use a language other than English at home. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Western Australian figure. It reflects a diverse community where English is the primary language, but many others are spoken.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 70% of residents speak only English, 25.1% use another language, with Italian being the most common non-English tongue at 3.8%. About 2.7% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most other areas.
2.7% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Joondanna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50702/joondanna/topic/language