13.2% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ridgewood · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ridgewood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Ridgewood use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 13.2% of residents speak another language, this is still well below the figures for both Western Australia and the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.2% of people use a language other than English at home, with Arabic being the most common non-English tongue at 1.1%. This diversity is reflected in the 1.6% who speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.6% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Ridgewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51296/ridgewood/topic/language