Mandarin
516 speakers
It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Subiaco, Western Australia
The languages of Subiaco
Subiaco has no single dominant second language: about 2,800 people spoke a language other than English at home at the 2021 Census, Mandarin most often. The rest are smaller communities, below one in 100 residents each. The share for the City of Perth is more than twice as high as Subiaco's.
- Residents
- 17,252
- Speak another language
- 2,771
- Languages at home
- 69
- Change since 2016
- +13.3%
What languages are spoken in Subiaco?
Where does Subiaco land against Australia as a whole?
Subiaco is a little under Australia as a whole. Within Western Australia, Subiaco ranks 17th of 137.
- Subiaco
- 16.1%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- City of Perth
- 33.5%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Which languages lead in Subiaco, 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.
- 01516+30.3%
- 02216+43.0%
- 03200-9.1%
- 04150+11.9%
- 05145+10.7%
- 06139+23.0%
- 0785+41.7%
- 0879+11.3%
- 0977+22.2%
- 1076-22.4%
What does Subiaco's language mix look like?
- 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 Subiaco?
Fastest-growing language
Japanese
+43.0% since 2016
With about 220 speakers now, Japanese has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Where in Subiaco is a language other than English most common?
Across 4 suburbs, Daglish leads narrowly.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- DaglishLed by Mandarin18%292
- SubiacoLed by Mandarin17%1,684
- JolimontLed by Mandarin16%215
- Shenton ParkLed by Mandarin13%580
- 4 suburbs in Subiaco. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where were Subiaco's residents born?
England is the most common overseas birthplace.
Country of birth
32.7% born overseas, across 86 countries.
- 01England1,4300%
- 02Malaysia331+14.5%
- 03New Zealand293-1.7%
- 04China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)289+28.4%
- 05South Africa269+15.0%
- 06India255-2.7%
- 07Scotland215-4.9%
- 08Ireland188+16.0%
- 09Singapore181+9.7%
- 10United States of America181-5.7%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs8,680+32.2%
- 02Christianity6,615-7.8%
- 03Buddhism417+13.6%
- 04Hinduism232+3.1%
- 05Islam211+37.9%
- 06Judaism54-21.7%
Where is Subiaco on the language map?
Shade reflects the share speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home; council boundaries are from the ABS ASGS 2021. Explore the full Language 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.
Other sources sometimes quote 21.2% for Subiaco. That figure treats the 885 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 16.1%, and 16.9% is the share among those who answered.
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.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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