21.6% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Lake · Suburb / Locality
Language in South Lake
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in South Lake compared to most similar areas. About 21.6% of residents use another language at home, a figure that is well above the Western Australian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 72.8% of the community, though Mandarin is the most common second language at 3.2%. This linguistic diversity is reflected in the 3.3% of people who speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most other areas.
3.3% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 South Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51377/south-lake/topic/language