WA · Local Government Area

Languages spoken in Perth

33.5% of Perth residents speak a language other than English at home, across 99 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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36,203

Residents

33.5%

+9.2%

Speak a language other than English

99

Languages spoken

#63

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    2,815+9.0%
  2. 02
    Spanish
    872+74.7%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    796+2.1%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese
    608+47.6%
  5. 05
    Japanese
    487+13.3%
  6. 06
    Indonesian
    473+26.5%
  7. 07
    Korean
    456-35.2%
  8. 08
    Italian
    431-19.6%
  9. 09
    Hindi
    410+20.2%
  10. 10
    Portuguese
    374-20.1%

99 languages recorded in Perth(ABS Census 2021). Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in the totals above but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

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