14.3% —
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Scarborough (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Language in Scarborough (North Metropolitan)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language use in Scarborough has remained steady over the last few years, with 14.3% of people speaking a language other than English at home. This is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents use English exclusively, and the proportion of people speaking other languages has barely changed since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Western Australian average of 18.4%. English is the main language for 80.3% of residents, while the most common other languages are Mandarin and Italian. Very few people speak little or no English, at 1.3%.
1.3% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Scarborough (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54804/scarborough/topic/language