35.1% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.1%
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Karawara · Suburb / Locality
Language in Karawara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher proportion of people in Karawara speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the state. About 35.1% of residents use another language, which is 17 percentage points above the Western Australian figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 58.3% of residents, Mandarin is the most common second language at 7.4%. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 4% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the state average.
4.0% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Karawara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50724/karawara/topic/language