29.7% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Perth · Suburb / Locality
Language in West Perth
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 30% of people in West Perth speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen significantly since 2011. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than the rest of Western Australia and the nation.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 63.8% of residents, while Mandarin is the next most common at 4.1%. About 3.4% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas.
3.4% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51580/west-perth/topic/language