23.8% ▲ +29.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wembley · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wembley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 72.7% of Wembley residents, but the area is notably diverse. Nearly one in four people speak another language at home, which is a much higher proportion than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.8% of people use a language other than English at home, well above the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. While Mandarin, Italian and Cantonese are common, only 1.7% of residents speak little or no English.
1.7% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Wembley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51564/wembley/topic/language