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Pelican Point · Suburb / Locality

Language in Pelican Point

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

English remains the dominant language in Pelican Point, where 89.7% of residents speak only this language at home. While the use of other languages is higher here than in most similar areas, the overall figure is still far below the state and national levels.

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📍 Pelican Point, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 7.8% of people use a language other than English at home, though this is far below the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. Italian and Mandarin are the most common non-English languages, and there are no residents who speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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7.8% ▲ +57.9%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Pelican Point, English only is the majority at 96%; Italian is next at 2%.

English only 89.7% Italian 1.7% Mandarin 1.1% Cantonese 0.3% Greek 0.3%

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 Pelican Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51223/pelican-point/topic/language