73.4% ▲ +81.1%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 85.4%
- 2021: 73.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tjuntjuntjara · Urban Centre
Language in Tjuntjuntjara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly three quarters of people in Tjuntjuntjara speak another language at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas for its size. This is far above the national figure, with the proportion of non-English speakers rising by 33 points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 73.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. While 4.7% of people speak little or no English, this is a big drop from the 31% reported in 2016.
4.7% ▼ -84.9%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Tjuntjuntjara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522060/tjuntjuntjara/topic/language