SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Bassendean

15,662 residents · 75+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
17.9%
2,807 people
Growth since last census
+9.1%
vs previous census
In context
0.76× Western Australia avg
0.66× national avg
Population
15,662
CALD residents
2,807
Languages spoken
75
Fastest-growing
+107%
Narrative

Why this matters

Bassendean is home to 15,662 residents. 17.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,807 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Bassendean 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
    Italian187 · 1.2%
    ▼28.1%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese169 · 1.1%
    ▲1.8%
  3. 03
    Mandarin159 · 1.0%
    ▼9.7%
  4. 04
    Serbian83 · 0.5%
    ▲7.8%
  5. 05
    French82 · 0.5%
    ▲0.0%
  6. 06
    Tagalog77 · 0.5%
    ▼7.2%
  1. 01
    Cantonese68 · 0.4%
    ▼31.3%
  2. 02
    Croatian64 · 0.4%
    ▼5.9%
  3. 03
    Polish56 · 0.4%
    ▲107.4%
  4. 04
    Filipino50 · 0.3%
    ▲56.3%
  5. 05
    German50 · 0.3%
    ▼9.1%
  6. 06
    Arabic42 · 0.3%
    ▼6.7%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 82%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 82.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 17.9%
Italian
187 · -28.1%
Vietnamese
169 · +1.8%
Mandarin
159 · -9.7%
Serbian
83 · +7.8%
French
82 · 0.0%
Tagalog
77 · -7.2%
Cantonese
68 · -31.3%
Croatian
64 · -5.9%
Polish
56 · +107.4%
Filipino
50 · +56.3%
German
50 · -9.1%
Arabic
42 · -6.7%
Japanese
41 · -4.7%
Urdu
39 · -23.5%
Malayalam
34 · +25.9%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian187 · 1.2%
    ▼28.1%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese169 · 1.1%
    ▲1.8%
  3. 03
    Mandarin159 · 1.0%
    ▼9.7%
  4. 04
    Serbian83 · 0.5%
    ▲7.8%
  5. 05
    French82 · 0.5%
    ▲0.0%
  6. 06
    Tagalog77 · 0.5%
    ▼7.2%
  7. 07
    Cantonese68 · 0.4%
    ▼31.3%
  8. 08
    Croatian64 · 0.4%
    ▼5.9%
  9. 09
    Polish56 · 0.4%
    ▲107.4%
  10. 10
    Filipino50 · 0.3%
    ▲56.3%
  11. 11
    German50 · 0.3%
    ▼9.1%
  12. 12
    Arabic42 · 0.3%
    ▼6.7%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Polish
+107.4%
56 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#2
Language
Filipino
+56.3%
50 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#3
Language
Malayalam
+25.9%
34 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Eden Hill
3,660 RESIDENTS
23.8% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Ashfield (WA)
1,358 RESIDENTS
19.4% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Bassendean (WA)
10,644 RESIDENTS
15.7% CALDTop: Italian
Use this data

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