6.0% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lowlands · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Lowlands, with very few residents using other tongues at home. While 6% of people speak a language other than English, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
Around 90% of residents speak only English. While the 6% who use another language at home is higher than in most similar areas, it is still well below the Western Australian average of 18.4%.
6.0% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Lowlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50866/lowlands/topic/language