59.2% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.3%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Mirrabooka · Suburb / Locality
Language in Mirrabooka
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Mirrabooka use a language other than English at home than in almost any other similar area. About 59.2% of residents speak a non-English language, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This high level of diversity is reflected in the variety of languages spoken across the suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 34.2% of the community, while Vietnamese (11.9%) and Arabic (9.4%) are the next most common. This linguistic diversity is linked to the fact that 15.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure far above the Western Australian average of 2.3%.
15.8% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
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 Mirrabooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50970/mirrabooka/topic/language