Mandarin
1,611 speakers
Used at home by one in 25 residents.
South Perth, Western Australia
What South Perth speaks at home
According to the 2021 Census, Mandarin and Cantonese lead the languages spoken at home in South Perth, where about 8,000 people use one other than English. Three languages clear the one-in-100 mark. South Perth's share trails the share for the City of Perth.
- Residents
- 42,602
- Speak another language
- 8,007
- Languages at home
- 94
- Change since 2016
- −4.8%
Which three languages are most common in South Perth?
Cantonese
623 speakers
That's one in 70 residents.
Indonesian
454 speakers
Spoken at home by 1.1 per cent of residents.
Is South Perth more or less multilingual than Western Australia?
The share speaking another language is close to the share for Western Australia. South Perth ranks 14th in Western Australia, in the top half.
- South Perth
- 18.8%
- Western Australia
- 17.3%
- City of Perth
- 33.5%
Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.
How does South Perth's language list break down?
Counts are people who speak the language at home; the chip is their change since 2016. Catch-all ABS groups aren't listed.
- 011,611+1.9%
- 02623-6.6%
- 03454-10.8%
- 04358-19.2%
- 05357+5.3%
- 06339-25.7%
- 07301-7.4%
- 08268+1.9%
- 09249+2.9%
- 10183-15.3%
How do South Perth's languages compare in size?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Which language is growing fastest in South Perth?
Fastest-growing language
Spanish
+5.3% since 2016
Spanish has held steady since 2016, to about 360 speakers.
Which suburbs of South Perth are most multilingual?
Suburbs differ a lot, from Waterford at the top to Kensington at the bottom.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- Waterford (WA)Led by Mandarin38%922
- KarawaraLed by Mandarin35%632
- Como (WA)Led by Mandarin19%2,754
- South PerthLed by Mandarin18%2,217
- ManningLed by Mandarin17%735
- Salter PointLed by Mandarin14%392
- Kensington (WA)Led by Mandarin8%355
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 7 suburbs listed.
What do birthplace and religion say about South Perth?
After Australia, most residents born overseas came from England.
Country of birth
32.1% born overseas, across 122 countries.
- 01England2,587-0.6%
- 02Malaysia1,154-0.8%
- 03India876+1.2%
- 04China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)809-8.2%
- 05New Zealand773-3.4%
- 06South Africa665+5.6%
- 07Singapore579+3.0%
- 08Indonesia517-7.8%
- 09Scotland414-4.8%
- 10Ireland306-28.0%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity18,883-6.8%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs17,962+30.3%
- 03Buddhism1,344+6.2%
- 04Islam1,041-9.3%
- 05Hinduism878+27.1%
- 06Judaism60-18.9%
How does South Perth look on the map?
The shading shows how many residents speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home, on ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Compare South Perth with its neighbours on the full map.
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: 18.8% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 2,221 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 24.0%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 19.8%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
Figures for South Perth 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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