Mirrabooka, Stirling

The languages of Mirrabooka

At the 2021 Census, about 4,600 people in Mirrabooka used a language other than English at home, most often Vietnamese, though no language dominates. Arabic comes next. Mirrabooka's share is above Western Australia, at more than three times the rate.

Residents
7,824
Speak another language
58.2%-1.5%
Languages spoken
75
Born overseas
50.6%

What are Mirrabooka's most spoken languages?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Vietnamese
    963+3.7%
  2. 02
    Arabic
    744+7.8%
  3. 03
    Burmese
    261+22.5%
  4. 04
    Macedonian
    238-14.4%
  5. 05
    Karen
    204+24.4%
  6. 06
    Bosnian
    157+9.0%
  7. 07
    Cantonese
    140-11.4%
  8. 08
    Somali
    139-41.6%
  9. 09
    Chin Haka
    104-5.5%
  10. 10
    Oromo
    87+172%

How spread out are Mirrabooka's languages?

Even Vietnamese, the biggest, reaches only about 960 people. There are 11 languages with a share of one in 100 or more.

Where were Mirrabooka's residents born?

Overseas-born residents make up 51 per cent of residents, most often from Vietnam.

  1. 01
    Vietnam
    714+0.6%
  2. 02
    Myanmar
    465+11.2%
  3. 03
    Iraq
    257+4.9%
  4. 04
    Malaysia
    158+5.3%
  5. 05
    North Macedonia
    158
  6. 06
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    143+14.4%
  7. 07
    India
    143-15.4%
  8. 08
    Sudan
    133+4.7%
  9. 09
    England
    132-7.0%
  10. 10
    Philippines
    125-0.8%

Is Mirrabooka more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is about two and a half times the figure for Australia as a whole.

Mirrabooka (WA)
58.2%
Western Australia
17.3%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What's Mirrabooka's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    3,050-9.1%
  2. 02
    Islam
    1,781+1.4%
  3. 03
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,693+13.9%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    7760%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    72-4.0%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    50%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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