29.4% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yokine · Suburb / Locality
Language in Yokine
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 30% of people in Yokine speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This creates a community where multiculturalism is a daily reality, far exceeding the figures seen across Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Almost 29.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is most common at 66.3%, other spoken languages include Italian (3.7%), Mandarin (2.4%), and Vietnamese (2.2%), with 3.7% of people speaking little or no English.
3.7% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Yokine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51688/yokine/topic/language