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Stirling, Western Australia

The languages of Stirling

Stirling has no single dominant second language: about 58,000 people spoke a language other than English at home at the 2021 Census, Italian most often. That's 105 languages with a community of ten or more. The share speaking another language at home is 1.5 times the share for Western Australia.

Residents
223,990
Speak another language
57,783
Languages at home
151
Change since 2016
+8.5%

Which languages lead in Stirling?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languagesLEXIGO works in multicultural communication. First Nations languages are optional to display and are not counted in the multicultural rankings.

Italian

5,892 speakers

That's one in 40 residents.

Mandarin

4,876 speakers

Used at home by one in 45 residents.

Vietnamese

4,864 speakers

About 2.2 per cent of all residents.

Where does Stirling land against the City of Perth?

Stirling's share is under the share for the City of Perth, though not by much. In Western Australia, Stirling is in 6th place.

Stirling
25.8%
City of Perth
33.5%
Western Australia
17.3%

Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.

Find Stirling on the diversity index.

Which languages lead in Stirling, and how have they changed?

Each row is a language and the number who speak it at home, beside its change on 2016. The headline total also includes broad ABS categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which aren't listed here.

  1. 01
    Italian
    5,892-11.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    4,876+14.0%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese
    4,864+9.8%
  4. 04
    Cantonese
    2,590+3.8%
  5. 05
    Arabic
    2,494+5.8%
  6. 06
    Macedonian
    2,473-4.1%
  7. 07
    Gujarati
    2,150+12.2%
  8. 08
    Punjabi
    1,965+24.0%
  9. 09
    Spanish
    1,756+43.5%
  10. 10
    Portuguese
    1,646+39.1%

How big is each language community in Stirling?

  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Stirling, covering 39,221 speakers. Each block is sized by speakers and shaded by growth since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.
  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Stirling, covering 39,221 speakers. Each block is sized by speakers and shaded by growth since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

What's the fastest-growing language in Stirling?

Fastest-growing language

Nepali

+119.9% since 2016

With about 710 speakers now, Nepali has more than doubled since 2016.

How do Stirling's suburbs compare?

Mirrabooka is highest, at nearly three in five residents; Watermans Bay is lowest.

Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.

Where were Stirling's residents born?

England is the most common overseas birthplace.

Country of birth

35.2% born overseas, across 157 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    11,952+4.2%
  2. 02
    India
    6,632+4.1%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    4,566-12.1%
  4. 04
    South Africa
    4,096+9.8%
  5. 05
    Italy
    4,003-4.0%
  6. 06
    Vietnam
    3,778+6.9%
  7. 07
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    3,120+8.2%
  8. 08
    Malaysia
    2,800+12.6%
  9. 09
    Ireland
    2,356-16.3%
  10. 10
    Bhutan
    1,899+412%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    99,131-6.0%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    86,214+38.8%
  3. 03
    Islam
    8,283+17.2%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    7,924+26.5%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    5,882+15.3%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    2,7100%

How does Stirling 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.

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.

25.8% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 11,329 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 30.9%; among respondents alone it's 27.2%.

National totals here run slightly under ABS published figures, because summing suburbs misses people without a usual address. Broad ABS categories count in the totals but not in the ranked lists.

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