36.2% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Marangaroo · Suburb / Locality
Language in Marangaroo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over one third of residents in Marangaroo speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. Many households here use a variety of languages daily, including Vietnamese and Arabic.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 36.2% of people use another language at home, which is far above the 18.4% seen across Western Australia. This diversity is reflected in the 8.9% who speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average of 3.4%. While 58.1% speak only English, Vietnamese is the most common second language at 11.3%.
8.9% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Marangaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50896/marangaroo/topic/language