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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 78.1% of recent overseas arrivals in 2021, spoke a language other than English at home.
The City of Perth's language statistics show the proportion of the population who speak a language at home other than English. For recent arrivals, this is a good indicator of translation services which might be required, as recent arrivals may be less likely to have good English skills. They represent the languages which have increased in prevalence in just the last few years in the City of Perth compared to Western Australia.
The City of Perth's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||
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City of Perth - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
Language | Number | % | Western Australia |
Mandarin | 1,160 | 18.1 | 8.9 |
Spanish | 462 | 7.2 | 2.6 |
Hindi | 257 | 4.0 | 2.6 |
Japanese | 231 | 3.6 | 0.8 |
Indonesian | 224 | 3.5 | 1.7 |
Cantonese | 212 | 3.3 | 1.8 |
Portuguese | 206 | 3.2 | 1.5 |
Nepali | 139 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
Vietnamese | 136 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
Korean | 117 | 1.8 | 0.9 |
Language spoken at home - Summary | |||
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City of Perth - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
Language summary | Number | % | Western Australia |
Speaks English only | 1,364 | 21.3 | 28.5 |
Non-English total | 5,011 | 78.1 | 70.0 |
Not stated | 43 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
Total people | 6,418 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Analysis of the language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals in the City of Perth in 2021 compared to Western Australia shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who spoke English only, and a larger proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 21.3% of recent overseas arrivals spoke English only, and 78.1% spoke a non-English language, compared with 28.5% and 70.0% respectively for Western Australia.
The dominant language spoken at home by recent overseas arrivals, other than English, in the City of Perth was Mandarin, with 18.1% of the population, or 1,160 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for the recent overseas arriving population of the City of Perth and Western Australia in 2021 were:
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