28.0% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Murdoch · Suburb / Locality
Language in Murdoch
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingual households are a common sight in Murdoch, where 28.0% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is well above the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 62.4% of residents, while Mandarin (7.7%) and Cantonese (4.2%) are the most common other tongues. While 2.2% of people speak little or no English, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.2% ▼ -36.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
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 Murdoch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51064/murdoch/topic/language