❓ A question seeking information on the most spoken non-English languages in Western Australia, based on the Labor Party's 2015 policy platform, answered using 2016 Census data.
AnsweredQoN 1759Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to Labor’s 2015 Policy Platform and ask: (a) what are the five major non-English languages spoken in Western Australia; and (b) on what basis is this determined?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
12 September 2017
Responded by
Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Interests
Response time
9 days
(a) The top five non-English languages spoken in Western Australia are Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese, Cantonese and Tagalog.
(b) Based on the results from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census 2016.
(b) Based on the results from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census 2016.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.