Nedlands
Language used at home
In Nedlands, 20.5395 of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.
Nedlands's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.
Nedlands'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.
Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Total population
| Language used at home - Summary | ||||||||
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| Nedlands - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Western Australia % | Number | % | Western Australia % | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Speaks English only | 35,125 | 75.3 | 75.3 | 36500 | 30,197 | 76.6 | 79.3 | +4,928 |
 Non-English total | 9,587 | 20.5 | 18.4 | 36501 | 7,050 | 17.9 | 14.5 | +2,537 |
| Not stated | 1,964 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 36502 | 2,173 | 5.5 | 6.2 | -209 |
| Total Population | 46,676 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 39,420 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +7,256 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Language used at home - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Nedlands - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Language (excludes English) | Number | % | Western Australia % | Number | % | Western Australia % | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Mandarin | 2,173 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 36007 | 1,314 | 3.3 | 1.3 | +859 |
| Cantonese | 613 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 36006 | 627 | 1.6 | 0.8 | -14 |
| French | 443 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 36013 | 366 | 0.9 | 0.3 | +77 |
| Spanish | 402 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 36034 | 262 | 0.7 | 0.4 | +140 |
| Italian | 393 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 36022 | 359 | 0.9 | 1.4 | +34 |
| Japanese | 390 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 36023 | 225 | 0.6 | 0.2 | +165 |
| Indonesian | 385 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 36018 | 272 | 0.7 | 0.4 | +113 |
| Persian | 282 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 36019 | 131 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +151 |
| Vietnamese | 275 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 36037 | 133 | 0.3 | 0.7 | +142 |
| Hindi | 223 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 36016 | 153 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +70 |
| Arabic | 218 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 36004 | 230 | 0.6 | 0.5 | -12 |
| German | 214 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 36014 | 228 | 0.6 | 0.4 | -14 |
| Portuguese | 195 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 36029 | 80 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +115 |
| Tamil | 193 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 36035 | 159 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +34 |
| Korean | 167 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 36025 | 87 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +80 |
| Afrikaans | 159 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 36044 | 101 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +58 |
| Filipino/Tagalog | 151 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 36011 | 93 | 0.2 | 0.6 | +58 |
| Russian | 148 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 36030 | 69 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +79 |
| Urdu | 143 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 36108 | 70 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +73 |
| Polish | 132 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 36028 | 126 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +6 |
| Dutch | 131 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 36010 | 155 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -24 |
| Sinhalese | 126 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 36033 | 62 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +64 |
| Thai | 123 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 36102 | 65 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +58 |
| Malayalam | 122 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 36077 | 109 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +13 |
| Greek | 115 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36015 | 164 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -49 |
| Min Nan (incl.Hokkien) | 112 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36068 | 81 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +31 |
| Bengali | 102 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36050 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -8 |
| Punjabi | 76 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 36088 | 41 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +35 |
| Serbian | 75 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36032 | 48 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +27 |
| Malay | 74 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36076 | 191 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -117 |
| Nepali | 68 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36081 | 37 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +31 |
| Gujarati | 65 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 36064 | 35 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +30 |
| Swedish | 61 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36097 | 35 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +26 |
| Marathi | 59 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36080 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +41 |
| Croatian | 57 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36009 | 73 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -16 |
| Telugu | 52 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36099 | 45 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Kannada | 45 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36071 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +42 |
| Hebrew | 42 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36066 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +18 |
| Hungarian | 41 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36017 | 23 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +18 |
| Burmese | 37 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36053 | 27 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +10 |
| Romanian | 34 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36089 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +24 |
| Hakka | 32 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 36065 | 30 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +2 |
| Turkish | 26 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36036 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +14 |
| Auslan | 23 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 36049 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +14 |
| Shona | 23 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 36091 | 30 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -7 |
| Bulgarian | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36052 | 26 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -6 |
| Bosnian | 19 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 36051 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +7 |
| Chinese, nfd | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36055 | 69 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -50 |
| Australian Indigenous Languages | 18 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 36005 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.4 | +5 |
| Ukrainian | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36107 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +8 |
| Mongolian | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36127 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Danish | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36057 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +5 |
| Serbo-Croatian Yugoslavian, so described | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36090 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Pashto | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36086 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +15 |
| Norwegian | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36083 | 27 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -13 |
| Slovak | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36092 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Swahili | 13 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 36096 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -3 |
| Macedonian | 12 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 36026 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.3 | +3 |
| Khmer | 12 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 36024 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Czech | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36056 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -8 |
| Lithuanian | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36115 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Konkani | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36116 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Latvian | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36075 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -3 |
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Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Nedlands in 2021 compared to Western Australia shows that there was a similar proportion of people who used English only, and a larger proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 75.3% of the population used English only, and 20.5 used a non-English language, compared with 75.3% and 18.4% respectively for Western Australia.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Nedlands was Mandarin, with 4.7% of the population, or 2,173 people using this language at home.
The major difference between the languages used at home for the population of Nedlands and Western Australia in 2021 was:
- A larger percentage using Mandarin at home (4.7% compared to 1.9%)
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 2,537 or 36.0%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 4,928 or 16.3%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Nedlands between 2011 and 2021 were for those using:
- Mandarin (+859 persons)
- Japanese (+165 persons)
- Persian (+151 persons)
- Vietnamese (+142 persons)