WA · Suburb
Languages spoken in Shelley (WA)
32.3% of Shelley (WA) residents speak a language other than English at home, across 46 languages (ABS Census 2021).
4,634
Residents
32.3%
+27.5%Speak a language other than English
46
Languages spoken
44.9%
+11.0%Born overseas
Most spoken languages
Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.
- 01Mandarin360+22.0%
- 02Cantonese130+7.4%
- 03Sinhalese91+46.8%
- 04Tamil82+49.1%
- 05Malayalam78+9.9%
- 06Arabic75+142%
- 07Korean69+27.8%
- 08Punjabi58+132%
- 09Telugu56+30.2%
- 10Indonesian46+12.2%
Where residents were born
44.9% born overseas, across 50 countries.
- 01England313-8.7%
- 02India290+25.5%
- 03Malaysia256+26.7%
- 04China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)187+14.0%
- 05Sri Lanka103+51.5%
- 06Singapore102+15.9%
- 07New Zealand86-7.5%
- 08South Africa670%
- 09Korea, Republic of (South)66+73.7%
- 10Indonesia49-2.0%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation in Shelley (WA) at the 2021 Census.
- 01Christianity1,983-8.0%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs1,664+21.5%
- 03Hinduism295+52.1%
- 04Buddhism277+35.8%
- 05Islam221+117%
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