SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Bridgetown-Greenbushes

5,205 residents · 15+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.4%
541 people
Growth since last census
+63.5%
vs previous census
In context
0.44× Western Australia avg
0.38× national avg
Population
5,205
CALD residents
541
Languages spoken
15
Fastest-growing
+250%
Narrative

Why this matters

Bridgetown-Greenbushes is home to 5,205 residents. 10.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 541 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Bridgetown-Greenbushes 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
    German30 · 0.6%
    20.0%
  2. 02
    Italian21 · 0.4%
    23.5%
  3. 03
    Tagalog14 · 0.3%
    250.0%
  4. 04
    Dutch14 · 0.3%
    75.0%
  5. 05
    Thai11 · 0.2%
    8.3%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans9 · 0.2%
    125.0%
  1. 01
    Finnish9 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese8 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Japanese7 · 0.1%
    133.3%
  4. 04
    Filipino4 · 0.1%
    77.8%
  5. 05
    French4 · 0.1%
    33.3%
  6. 06
    Urdu3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.4%
German
30 · +20.0%
Italian
21 · +23.5%
Tagalog
14 · +250.0%
Dutch
14 · +75.0%
Thai
11 · -8.3%
Afrikaans
9 · +125.0%
Finnish
9 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
8 · 0.0%
Japanese
7 · +133.3%
Filipino
4 · -77.8%
French
4
Urdu
3
Polish
3
Punjabi
3
Macedonian
3
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German30 · 0.6%
    20.0%
  2. 02
    Italian21 · 0.4%
    23.5%
  3. 03
    Tagalog14 · 0.3%
    250.0%
  4. 04
    Dutch14 · 0.3%
    75.0%
  5. 05
    Thai11 · 0.2%
    8.3%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans9 · 0.2%
    125.0%
  7. 07
    Finnish9 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese8 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Japanese7 · 0.1%
    133.3%
  10. 10
    Filipino4 · 0.1%
    77.8%
  11. 11
    French4 · 0.1%
    33.3%
  12. 12
    Urdu3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Tagalog
+250.0%
14 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Japanese
+133.3%
7 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Afrikaans
+125.0%
9 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Bridgetown-Greenbushes.

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