Yanmah · Suburb / Locality

Language in Yanmah

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue in Yanmah, where 78.6% of residents speak only this language. While more people here use a second language at home than in most similar areas, this is still well below the national figure.

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📍 Yanmah, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 14.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas, though well below the figures for Western Australia and the nation. No one in the area speaks little or no English, and Italian is the most common second language at 2.1%.

14.5% ▲ +100.4%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.2%
  • 2016: 11.1%
  • 2021: 14.5%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Yanmah, English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 3%.

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 Yanmah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51671/yanmah/topic/language