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.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    360+22.0%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    130+7.4%
  3. 03
    Sinhalese
    91+46.8%
  4. 04
    Tamil
    82+49.1%
  5. 05
    Malayalam
    78+9.9%
  6. 06
    Arabic
    75+142%
  7. 07
    Korean
    69+27.8%
  8. 08
    Punjabi
    58+132%
  9. 09
    Telugu
    56+30.2%
  10. 10
    Indonesian
    46+12.2%

Where residents were born

44.9% born overseas, across 50 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    313-8.7%
  2. 02
    India
    290+25.5%
  3. 03
    Malaysia
    256+26.7%
  4. 04
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    187+14.0%
  5. 05
    Sri Lanka
    103+51.5%
  6. 06
    Singapore
    102+15.9%
  7. 07
    New Zealand
    86-7.5%
  8. 08
    South Africa
    670%
  9. 09
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    66+73.7%
  10. 10
    Indonesia
    49-2.0%

Religious affiliation

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

  1. 01
    Christianity
    1,983-8.0%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,664+21.5%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    295+52.1%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    277+35.8%
  5. 05
    Islam
    221+117%

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