21.0% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 90% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Perth · Urban Area
Language in Perth
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A slightly higher share of people in Perth speak another language at home than in the rest of Western Australia. While 21.0% of residents use a language other than English, this is a little below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 73.9% of the population, though the use of other languages rose by 4.0 percentage points since 2011. Other common tongues include Mandarin, Italian, and Vietnamese, while 2.6% of people speak little or no English.
2.6% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5009/perth/topic/language