16.7% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Leederville · Suburb / Locality
Language in West Leederville
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small gap exists between West Leederville and the rest of the country, with only 16.7% of residents speaking a language other than English at home. This is well below the national figure of 22.3%, though it remains much higher than most similar areas. English is the dominant tongue for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 16.7% of people use a language other than English, only 1.4% speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure. Most residents speak English only (78.3%), followed by small groups speaking Italian, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
1.4% ▼ -34.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 West Leederville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51578/west-leederville/topic/language