1.9% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Perth · Urban Centre
Language in Perth
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Perth (Tas.) compared to the rest of the country. Only 1.9% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the Tasmanian figure and far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 95.4% of the area. Very few people speak little or no English (0.4%), a figure that is about the same as the state average and has barely changed since 2016.
0.4% ▲ +78.1%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.4%
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/ucl/UCL615017/perth/topic/language