Mount Helena · Suburb / Locality

Language in Mount Helena

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

English remains the dominant language in Mount Helena, where only 3.8% of people speak another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it a very linguistically uniform area. Most residents use only English in their daily lives.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 90.3% of residents speak only English, and the number of people using other languages is far below the Western Australian average of 18.4%. While 0.2% of people speak little or no English, this is actually higher than in most similar areas.

3.8% ▲ +46.1%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 4.1%
  • 2021: 3.8%

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

0.2% ▼ -37.0%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Mount Helena, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

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 Mount Helena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51016/mount-helena/topic/language