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Balcatta (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Balcatta (North Metropolitan)

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

More than a third of people in Balcatta speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country. While English is the main language, a significant variety of other tongues are spoken here.

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📍 Balcatta (North Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 36% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the 22.3% national average. This diversity is reflected in the 5.2% who speak Italian, as well as those speaking Mandarin, Vietnamese and Cantonese. Around 4.6% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above both the state and national averages.

People who speak little or no English

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4.6% —

Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.

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 Balcatta (North Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 79%; Italian is next at 7%.

English only 58.8% Italian 5.2% Mandarin 2.6% Vietnamese 1.8% Cantonese 1.4% Punjabi 1.3% Arabic 1.0% Hindi 1.0% Greek 0.7% Tagalog 0.6%

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 Balcatta (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50304/balcatta/topic/language