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Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia

Serpentine-Jarrahdale's multilingual community

The 2021 Census found about 3,200 people in Serpentine-Jarrahdale speaking a language other than English at home, with Punjabi and Afrikaans the largest groups. The rest are smaller communities, below one in 100 residents each. Across Western Australia, the share speaking another language is higher than in Serpentine-Jarrahdale.

Residents
31,954
Speak another language
3,186
Languages at home
93
Change since 2016
+49.9%

What are the three biggest languages after English in Serpentine-Jarrahdale?

Punjabi is the largest, and at least one language here reaches one in 100 residents.

Punjabi

565 speakers

It has grown by about three quarters since 2016.

Afrikaans

233 speakers

Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.

Shona

144 speakers

The community has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Which five languages lead in Serpentine-Jarrahdale, and how have they changed?

Of these, Punjabi has grown by about three quarters since 2016.

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

  1. 01
    Punjabi
    565+82.8%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans
    233+23.3%
  3. 03
    Shona
    144+29.7%
  4. 04
    Tagalog
    132+136%
  5. 05
    Malayalam
    128+85.5%

Where does Serpentine-Jarrahdale sit against the City of Perth?

In the City of Perth, the share speaking another language is more than double. Serpentine-Jarrahdale is 28th among Western Australia councils.

Serpentine-Jarrahdale
10.0%
City of Perth
33.5%
Western Australia
17.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.

Every council ranked, Serpentine-Jarrahdale included.

Where in Serpentine-Jarrahdale is a language other than English most common?

No suburb stands far apart; Byford is highest and Serpentine lowest.

Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.

Which countries are Serpentine-Jarrahdale's overseas-born residents from?

England is the most common overseas birthplace.

Country of birth

23.5% born overseas, across 89 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    2,639+6.4%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    1,090+18.0%
  3. 03
    India
    705+44.2%
  4. 04
    South Africa
    578+41.7%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    289+97.9%
  6. 06
    Scotland
    236+9.8%
  7. 07
    Zimbabwe
    223+28.9%
  8. 08
    Netherlands
    156-6.6%
  9. 09
    Malaysia
    99+8.8%
  10. 10
    Ireland
    98+46.3%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    15,957+59.7%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    12,227-6.0%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    469+44.8%
  4. 04
    Islam
    405+74.6%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    248-7.1%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    0-100%

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.

10.0% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 1,795 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 15.6%; among respondents alone it's 10.6%.

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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