SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Boddington

1,681 residents · 13+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
12.4%
209 people
Growth since last census
+17.4%
vs previous census
In context
0.53× Western Australia avg
0.46× national avg
Population
1,681
CALD residents
209
Languages spoken
13
Fastest-growing
+100%
Narrative

Why this matters

Boddington is home to 1,681 residents. 12.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 209 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Boddington 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
    Afrikaans12 · 0.7%
    100.0%
  2. 02
    Indonesian11 · 0.7%
    45.0%
  3. 03
    Malayalam8 · 0.5%
    33.3%
  4. 04
    Japanese4 · 0.2%
    63.6%
  5. 05
    Tamil4 · 0.2%
    33.3%
  6. 06
    Macedonian4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Maori (Cook Island)3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Nyungar3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Gujarati3 · 0.2%
    40.0%
  4. 04
    Tagalog3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Thai3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Spanish3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 88%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 87.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 12.4%
Afrikaans
12 · +100.0%
Indonesian
11 · -45.0%
Malayalam
8 · +33.3%
Japanese
4 · -63.6%
Tamil
4 · +33.3%
Macedonian
4 · 0.0%
Maori (Cook Island)
3 · 0.0%
Nyungar
3 · 0.0%
Gujarati
3 · -40.0%
Tagalog
3 · 0.0%
Thai
3 · 0.0%
Spanish
3 · 0.0%
Malay
3 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Afrikaans12 · 0.7%
    100.0%
  2. 02
    Indonesian11 · 0.7%
    45.0%
  3. 03
    Malayalam8 · 0.5%
    33.3%
  4. 04
    Japanese4 · 0.2%
    63.6%
  5. 05
    Tamil4 · 0.2%
    33.3%
  6. 06
    Macedonian4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Maori (Cook Island)3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Nyungar3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Gujarati3 · 0.2%
    40.0%
  10. 10
    Tagalog3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Thai3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Spanish3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Afrikaans
+100.0%
12 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
#2
Language
Malayalam
+33.3%
8 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
#3
Language
Tamil
+33.3%
4 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

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