Italian
187 speakers
It has fallen by more than a quarter since 2016.
Bassendean, Western Australia
What Bassendean speaks at home
Bassendean has no single dominant second language: about 1,900 people spoke a language other than English at home at the 2021 Census, Italian most often. Only a small margin separates Vietnamese from the leader. The share for the City of Perth is more than twice as high as Bassendean's.
- Residents
- 15,662
- Speak another language
- 1,927
- Languages at home
- 89
- Change since 2016
- −6.5%
Which languages lead in Bassendean?
Vietnamese
169 speakers
Used at home by one in 90 residents.
Mandarin
159 speakers
About 1 per cent of all residents.
Where does Bassendean land against Australia as a whole?
Australia as a whole sits a little above Bassendean. Within Western Australia, Bassendean ranks 20th of 137.
- Bassendean
- 12.3%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- City of Perth
- 33.5%
Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.
What are the most spoken languages in Bassendean?
Each row is a language and the number who speak it at home, beside its change on 2016. The headline total also includes broad ABS categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which aren't listed here.
How big is each language community in Bassendean?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Which community in Bassendean grew most since 2016?
Fastest-growing language
Vietnamese
+1.8% since 2016
With 169 speakers now, Vietnamese has held steady since 2016.
Which suburbs of Bassendean are most multilingual?
With 3 suburbs, there isn't a big gap between them; Eden Hill leads.
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- Eden HillLed by Vietnamese18%646
- Ashfield (WA)Led by Vietnamese11%155
- Bassendean (WA)Led by Italian11%1,126
- 3 suburbs in Bassendean. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where were Bassendean's residents born?
England is the most common overseas birthplace.
Country of birth
24.8% born overseas, across 87 countries.
- 01England1,0540%
- 02New Zealand418-6.1%
- 03India3140%
- 04Philippines176+12.8%
- 05Italy152-1.9%
- 06Vietnam150+15.4%
- 07Ireland140+7.7%
- 08South Africa112+21.7%
- 09Scotland110-17.3%
- 10China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)102-13.6%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs7,506+38.2%
- 02Christianity6,493-12.7%
- 03Buddhism304-5.9%
- 04Hinduism188-6.9%
- 05Islam172-9.9%
- 06Judaism0-100%
Where does Bassendean sit on the map of Australia's languages?
Bassendean shaded by the share of residents speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
The headline 12.3% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 880 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 17.9%, while measuring only those who answered gives 13.0%.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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