East Fremantle, Western Australia

Languages spoken in East Fremantle

The 2021 Census counted 510 people in East Fremantle using a language other than English at home, and Italian tops that list. Most other languages here have fewer than one speaker per 100 residents. Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double.

Residents
7,728
Speak another language
510
Languages at home
38
Change since 2016
−6.1%

What are the three biggest languages after English in East Fremantle?

Italian, German and French have the most speakers.

Italian

165 speakers

That's one in 45 residents.

German

52 speakers

Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.

French

39 speakers

About 0.5 per cent of all residents.

Which five languages lead in East Fremantle, and how have they changed?

Italian has led the list since at least 2016.

Five rows to start: the languages with the most speakers, and how each has changed since 2016.

  1. 01165-22.2%
  2. 02520%
  3. 0339-18.8%
  4. 0436+28.6%
  5. 0533+3.1%

Where does East Fremantle sit against the City of Perth?

In the City of Perth, the share speaking another language is more than double. Among 137 councils in Western Australia, East Fremantle is 42nd.

East Fremantle
6.6%
City of Perth
33.5%
Australia
21.3%

Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.

Compare East Fremantle with every council on the diversity index.

Where in East Fremantle is a language other than English most common?

Every suburb here has a page of its own.

  • East FremantleLed by Italian7%510
  • 1 suburbs in East Fremantle. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.

What do birthplace and religion add in East Fremantle?

England is the most common overseas birthplace.

Country of birth

21.7% born overseas, across 50 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    671+8.4%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    145-16.2%
  3. 03
    Italy
    100-14.5%
  4. 04
    Scotland
    89+32.8%
  5. 05
    Ireland
    87+16.0%
  6. 06
    South Africa
    69+30.2%
  7. 07
    United States of America
    57-16.2%
  8. 08
    Germany
    50+8.7%
  9. 09
    Canada
    32+300%
  10. 10
    Wales
    29-6.5%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,890+36.2%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    3,267-9.9%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    53-19.7%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    24-14.3%
  5. 05
    Islam
    14+367%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    3-50.0%

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.

Other sources sometimes quote 10.8% for East Fremantle. That figure treats the 321 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 6.6%, and 6.9% is the share among those who answered.

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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