Mandarin
4,996 speakers
About 4.8 per cent of all residents.
Melville, Western Australia
The languages of Melville
At the 2021 Census, nearly one in five residents in Melville spoke a language other than English at home. Mandarin was the most common, followed by Cantonese. The rest are smaller communities, below one in 100 residents each. The share speaking another language is close to the national share.
- Residents
- 104,552
- Speak another language
- 20,079
- Languages at home
- 122
- Change since 2016
- +7.5%
Which three languages are most common in Melville?
Cantonese
2,154 speakers
Spoken at home by 2.1 per cent of residents.
Indonesian
1,666 speakers
That's one in 60 residents.
How does Melville compare with the City of Perth?
Melville is a little under the City of Perth. Melville is 13th among Western Australia councils.
- Melville
- 19.2%
- City of Perth
- 33.5%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
What are the most spoken languages in Melville?
The chip beside each count is the change since 2016. Totals include broad ABS categories like "Chinese, nfd" that the list leaves out.
- 014,996+13.6%
- 022,154+2.5%
- 031,666+19.3%
- 041,215-13.4%
- 05656+13.5%
- 06643+12.0%
- 07588+11.6%
- 08469+8.6%
- 09451+26.7%
- 10426+1.2%
How big is each language community in Melville?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
What's the fastest-growing language in Melville?
Fastest-growing language
Thai
+42.2% since 2016
Thai has grown by more than a quarter since 2016, the steepest rise of any language that had 150 or more speakers in 2016.
Which suburbs of Melville are most multilingual?
Even across 18 suburbs, the shares stay within a narrow band, led by Bull Creek.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- Bull Creek (WA)Led by Mandarin33%2,557
- WinthropLed by Mandarin32%1,900
- BatemanLed by Mandarin29%1,093
- MurdochLed by Mandarin27%901
- KardinyaLed by Mandarin24%2,156
- ArdrossLed by Mandarin24%1,067
- Brentwood (WA)Led by Mandarin23%500
- ApplecrossLed by Mandarin22%1,538
- Mount Pleasant (WA)Led by Mandarin21%1,564
- BooragoonLed by Mandarin21%1,193
- LeemingLed by Mandarin19%2,058
- Alfred CoveLed by Italian12%323
- MyareeLed by Mandarin12%272
- WillageeLed by Mandarin12%619
- AttadaleLed by Italian10%626
- Melville (WA)Led by Italian9%563
- Palmyra (WA)Led by Italian8%590
- BictonLed by Italian8%559
- 18 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Where were Melville's residents born?
Among residents born overseas, England leads.
Country of birth
32.7% born overseas, across 135 countries.
- 01England7,0520%
- 02Malaysia3,610+9.1%
- 03China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)2,326+32.2%
- 04India1,953+13.4%
- 05New Zealand1,764-5.3%
- 06Indonesia1,729+22.3%
- 07South Africa1,727+5.0%
- 08Singapore1,719+5.9%
- 09Scotland1,178-4.7%
- 10Italy876+3.8%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity50,348-7.2%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs43,343+36.2%
- 03Buddhism2,9440%
- 04Hinduism1,751+21.5%
- 05Islam1,403+24.7%
- 06Judaism64-20.0%
How does Melville look on the map?
Darker shading means more residents speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home. ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Open the national map.
Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.
19.2% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 3,760 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 22.8%; among respondents alone it's 19.9%.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
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