28.0% ▲ +29.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Success · Suburb / Locality
Language in Success
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher proportion of people in Success speak a language other than English compared to the rest of Western Australia. Nearly 28% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the state and national figures. This reflects a diverse community where many people maintain their native tongues alongside English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 68.2% of residents, but Mandarin (5.3%) and Tagalog (1.6%) are also common. About 3.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the state average and among the highest for similar areas.
3.7% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Success [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51417/success/topic/language