12.4% ▲ +45.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Merriwa · Suburb / Locality
Language in Merriwa
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Merriwa compared to the rest of the country. Only 12.4% of residents use another language at home, which is well below both the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While the use of other languages is much higher than in most similar areas, English only is spoken by 80.6% of residents. Very few people struggle with English, with only 1.8% speaking little or no English, a figure about the same as the Western Australian average.
1.8% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Merriwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50939/merriwa/topic/language