Mandarin
2,920 speakers
Used at home by one in 40 residents.
72nd of 542 local government areas for language diversity
Cockburn's languages, old and new
In Cockburn, about 23,000 people speak a language other than English at home, the 2021 Census found. Mandarin is the most common, and Italian and Croatian are both in the top five. Cockburn runs ahead of Western Australia on this measure.
- Residents
- 115,180
- Speak another language
- 23,452
- Languages at home
- 134
- Change since 2016
- +14.5%
Which languages are most spoken in Cockburn?
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Italian
2,323 speakers
That's one in 50 residents.
Portuguese
1,421 speakers
Spoken at home by 1.2 per cent of residents.
Are Cockburn's post-war languages holding on?
Since 2016, Italian has held steady. Across three censuses, Italian has declined. Meanwhile Persian (excluding Dari) has grown by more than half since 2016.
Which languages are growing and which are shrinking in Cockburn?
Speakers at home, with the change since 2016. Broad ABS categories such as "Chinese, nfd" count towards the totals but aren't listed, so the shares can add up to more than the languages shown.
- 012,920+9.2%
- 022,323-5.4%
- 031,421+0.6%
- 041,411+6.7%
- 051,372-6.1%
- 06992+21.6%
- 07899+22.0%
- 08811+15.2%
- 09773+14.0%
- 10632+19.0%
How big is each language community in Cockburn?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
How does Cockburn rank against every other council?
Nationally
#72
Ranked against every council in Australia, Cockburn comes 72nd. In Western Australia, it’s 11 of 137. Cockburn's place on the diversity index.
Where does Cockburn stand against Australia as a whole?
Cockburn is roughly level with Australia as a whole. That puts Cockburn in the upper half of Western Australia's councils.
- Cockburn
- 20.4%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Western Australia
- 17.3%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
What language leads in each suburb of Cockburn?
Suburbs differ a lot, from Treeby at the top to Garden Island at the bottom.
Pick a suburb to see its languages in full.
- TreebyLed by Mandarin33%1,370
- SuccessLed by Mandarin27%3,053
- Hammond ParkLed by Mandarin26%1,829
- Cockburn CentralLed by Mandarin26%404
- SpearwoodLed by Italian23%2,600
- Aubin GroveLed by Mandarin23%1,536
- South LakeLed by Mandarin21%1,183
- North LakeLed by Mandarin20%257
- BeeliarLed by Tagalog20%1,706
- Hamilton HillLed by Italian20%2,204
- Rottnest IslandLed by Spanish20%33
- AtwellLed by Mandarin19%1,726
- Lake CoogeeLed by Italian17%813
- YangebupLed by Portuguese16%1,243
- Coogee (WA)Led by Italian16%822
- BanjupLed by Mandarin16%215
- CoolbellupLed by Mandarin15%822
- North CoogeeLed by Italian14%514
- JandakotLed by Mandarin13%316
- Bibra LakeLed by Mandarin13%739
- WattleupLed by Croatian10%54
- Garden Island (WA)Led by French2%13
- Henderson0%0
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 23 suburbs listed.
Where were Cockburn's residents born, and what's their faith?
After Australia, most residents born overseas came from England.
Country of birth
31.8% born overseas, across 136 countries.
- 01England7,475+8.3%
- 02New Zealand3,161+0.7%
- 03Philippines2,798+19.0%
- 04India2,192+25.0%
- 05South Africa1,999+13.9%
- 06Italy1,5560%
- 07China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)1,451-7.2%
- 08Malaysia1,444+23.1%
- 09Scotland1,315+9.7%
- 10Croatia1,061+2.0%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity52,758-2.9%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs49,918+47.6%
- 03Buddhism2,060+16.0%
- 04Hinduism2,029+49.7%
- 05Islam1,686+52.9%
- 06Judaism66+144%
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
How the headline share is counted: 20.4% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 5,581 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 25.2%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 21.4%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
Figures for Cockburn itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.
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