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Rockingham (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Rockingham (South Metropolitan)

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

A sharp 28 percentage point drop in people using other languages at home has occurred in Rockingham (South Metropolitan). English is now the dominant language for 85% of residents, making the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.

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📍 Rockingham (South Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 7.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This shift is reflected in the small number of people who speak little or no English, which fell to 0.9% since 2016.

People using another language at home

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7.6% —

Lower than 69% 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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0.9% ▼ -81.5%

Lower than 68% 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 Rockingham (South Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 98%; Tagalog is next at 1%.

English only 85.0% Tagalog 0.5% Mandarin 0.4% Italian 0.3% Vietnamese 0.3% Arabic 0.2% Punjabi 0.1% Cantonese 0.1% Hindi 0.1% Greek 0.0%

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 Rockingham (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54605/rockingham/topic/language