30.7% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Thornlie · Suburb / Locality
Language in Thornlie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people in Thornlie speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of Western Australia. Around 30.7% of residents use another language, a figure well above the national average. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 64.8% of people, Mandarin is the most common second language at 5.1%. This diversity is reflected in the 5.2% of residents who speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure.
5.2% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Thornlie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51448/thornlie/topic/language