WA · Suburb

Languages spoken in Ferndale (WA)

19.8% of Ferndale (WA) residents speak a language other than English at home, across 47 languages (ABS Census 2021).

4,383

Residents

19.8%

+11.8%

Speak a language other than English

47

Languages spoken

35.0%

+4.4%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    204+37.8%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    59+157%
  3. 03
    Arabic
    46-8.0%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese
    39+56.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish
    31+138%
  6. 06
    Indonesian
    28-31.7%
  7. 07
    Korean
    26+8.3%
  8. 08
    Afrikaans
    24+60.0%
  9. 09
    Punjabi
    24+100%
  10. 10
    Hindi
    23-14.8%

Where residents were born

35.0% born overseas, across 54 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    360-12.0%
  2. 02
    Malaysia
    137+33.0%
  3. 03
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    115+25.0%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    115-23.8%
  5. 05
    India
    97+44.8%
  6. 06
    South Africa
    54-12.9%
  7. 07
    Singapore
    49-2.0%
  8. 08
    Scotland
    43-20.4%
  9. 09
    Philippines
    41-18.0%
  10. 10
    Sri Lanka
    39-2.5%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in Ferndale (WA) at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,987+37.1%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    1,740-16.9%
  3. 03
    Islam
    183+9.6%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    145+42.2%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    66+43.5%

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