27.1% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Smith Brook · Suburb / Locality
Language in Smith Brook
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people use a language other than English at home in Smith Brook than in most similar areas. About 27.1% of residents speak another language, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 62.7% of residents speak only English, 10.2% speak little or no English. This is well above the figures for Western Australia and Australia, and is among the highest for similar areas.
10.2% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Smith Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51357/smith-brook/topic/language