14.3% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wembley Downs · Suburb / Locality
Language in Wembley Downs
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for most people in Wembley Downs, though about 14.3% of residents speak another language at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English (83.3%), with Mandarin and Italian being the next most common languages. Only 1.0% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the Western Australian average of 2.3%.
1.0% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51565/wembley-downs/topic/language