Marvel Loch · Suburb / Locality

Language in Marvel Loch

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

More people speak a language other than English in Marvel Loch than in most similar areas. While 60.8% of the population speaks only English at home, 5% use another language, which is much lower than the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Marvel Loch, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 5% of residents use a language other than English, though 2.5% speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure. Aside from English, the most common language spoken is Mandarin at 2.5%.

5.0% ▼ -25.0%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.7%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

2.5% ▲ —

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.5%

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.

Language used at home

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In Marvel Loch, English only is the majority at 96%; Mandarin is next at 4%.

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 Marvel Loch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50912/marvel-loch/topic/language