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Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan)

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

Nearly 45% of people in Mirrabooka speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the Western Australian average. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse in the region, with a high proportion of residents who use multiple languages daily.

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📍 Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 48.5% of residents speak only English, many others use languages such as Vietnamese (8.8%), Arabic (3.5%), and Punjabi (1.4%). About 10.7% of people speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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44.4% —

Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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10.7% ▲ +1.5%

Higher than 95% 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 Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 71%; Vietnamese is next at 13%.

English only 48.5% Vietnamese 8.8% Arabic 3.5% Punjabi 1.4% Italian 1.3% Mandarin 1.2% Cantonese 1.1% Tagalog 1.0% Hindi 0.6% Greek 0.5%

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 Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53602/mirrabooka/topic/language