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We are Augusta Margaret River

We are Augusta Margaret River.

Home to one of the larger German-speaking communities in Western Australia, and 38 other language communities besides.

Our population
16,731
Speak another language
2,575
Languages at home
15+
Growth since last census
+61.5%
39 languages are spoken at home in Augusta Margaret River. German leads (169 speakers), with French close behind (160). 15 per cent of us speak a language other than English at home. That is the measure of a community that has not left its languages behind.
speak German at home
169
Our largest community language, German, is spoken by 1.0% of Augusta Margaret River residents at home.
What makes our community ours
German
169 speakers

169 speakers, 1.0% of Augusta Margaret River. +59% since 2021.

French
160 speakers

160 speakers, 1.0% of Augusta Margaret River. +103% since 2021.

Spanish
142 speakers

142 speakers, 0.8% of Augusta Margaret River. +97% since 2021.

The languages of Augusta Margaret River

39 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.

Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.

German
169 · +59.4%
French
160 · +102.5%
Spanish
142 · +97.2%
Italian
124 · +103.3%
Tongan
49
Portuguese
42 · -25.0%
Mandarin
40 · -32.2%
Korean
40 · -7.0%
Tagalog
39 · -36.1%
Japanese
39 · +21.9%
Filipino
37 · +85.0%
Thai
28 · -3.4%
Indonesian
22 · -15.4%
Afrikaans
19 · -40.6%
Vietnamese
17 · +466.7%
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    German169 · 1.0%
    59.4%
  2. 02
    French160 · 1.0%
    102.5%
  3. 03
    Spanish142 · 0.8%
    97.2%
  4. 04
    Italian124 · 0.7%
    103.3%
  5. 05
    Tongan49 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Portuguese42 · 0.3%
    25.0%
  7. 07
    Mandarin40 · 0.2%
    32.2%
  8. 08
    Korean40 · 0.2%
    7.0%
  9. 09
    Tagalog39 · 0.2%
    36.1%
  10. 10
    Japanese39 · 0.2%
    21.9%
  11. 11
    Filipino37 · 0.2%
    85.0%
  12. 12
    Thai28 · 0.2%
    3.4%
Fastest-growing among us
Vietnamese
+466.7% since last census

We publish this so our residents can see themselves counted, and so the agencies, funders and neighbours who serve us can see who we actually serve. Language access is not a translation line-item in our budget. It is how an emergency notice reaches a grandparent, how an enrolment form is understood, and how a health campaign actually lands in the suburbs that make up our council.

Our suburbs
Where we are
In context
Augusta Margaret River
15.4%
Western Australia
23.5%
Australia
27.3%

15.4% of Augusta Margaret River residents speak a language other than English at home, against 23.5% for Western Australia and 27.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 census.