8.5% ▲ +75.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yanchep · Suburb / Locality
Language in Yanchep
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 85.1% of people in Yanchep. While this is a high proportion, the area is still more linguistically diverse than most similar places. This mix is reflected in a small but growing number of residents who use a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 8.5% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 0.8% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
0.8% ▲ +39.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Yanchep [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51667/yanchep/topic/language