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Thornlie (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Thornlie (East Metropolitan)

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

More than three in ten people in Thornlie speak a language other than English at home, making it a far more multilingual area than most of the state. This diversity has grown rapidly, with the proportion of people using another language rising by 25 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Thornlie (East Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 61.2% speak only English, many others use Mandarin, Tagalog, Punjabi or Arabic. Because of this diversity, the 5.4% who speak little or no English is well above the Western Australian figure of 2.3%.

People using another language at home

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32.6% ▲ +340.0%

Higher than 79% 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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5.4% —

Higher than 84% 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 Thornlie (East Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 84%; Mandarin is next at 4%.

English only 61.2% Mandarin 3.1% Tagalog 2.1% Punjabi 2.1% Arabic 1.7% Cantonese 1.2% Hindi 0.6% Vietnamese 0.6% Italian 0.6% Greek 0.1%

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 Thornlie (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55202/thornlie/topic/language