SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Augusta Margaret River

16,731 residents · 39+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
15.4%
2,575 people
Growth since last census
+61.5%
vs previous census
In context
0.66× Western Australia avg
0.56× national avg
Population
16,731
CALD residents
2,575
Languages spoken
39
Fastest-growing
+467%
Narrative

Why this matters

Augusta Margaret River is home to 16,731 residents. 15.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,575 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Augusta Margaret River into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  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%
  1. 01
    Mandarin40 · 0.2%
    32.2%
  2. 02
    Korean40 · 0.2%
    7.0%
  3. 03
    Tagalog39 · 0.2%
    36.1%
  4. 04
    Japanese39 · 0.2%
    21.9%
  5. 05
    Filipino37 · 0.2%
    85.0%
  6. 06
    Thai28 · 0.2%
    3.4%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 85%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 84.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 15.4%
German
169 · +59.4%
French
160 · +102.5%
Spanish
142 · +97.2%
Italian
124 · +103.3%
Tongan
49 · 0.0%
Portuguese
42 · -25.0%
Mandarin
40 · -32.2%
Korean
40 · -7.0%
Tagalog
39 · -36.1%
Japanese
39 · +21.9%
Filipino
37
Thai
28
Indonesian
22
Afrikaans
19
Vietnamese
17
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  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%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Vietnamese
+466.7%
17 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Italian
+103.3%
124 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
#3
Language
French
+102.5%
160 speakers · 1.0% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Augusta Margaret River.

We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.