24.1% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maylands · Suburb / Locality
Language in Maylands
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A mix of different cultures shapes daily life in Maylands, where 24.1% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is well above the Western Australian figure and much higher than most other similar areas. The community is more linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 70.1% of residents, while others include Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Punjabi. This diversity is reflected in the 2.9% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most areas.
2.9% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Maylands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50917/maylands/topic/language