SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Brookton

914 residents · 5+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
13.7%
125 people
Growth since last census
+23.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.58× Western Australia avg
0.51× national avg
Population
914
CALD residents
125
Languages spoken
5
Fastest-growing
+100%
Narrative

Why this matters

Brookton is home to 914 residents. 13.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 125 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Brookton 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
    German10 · 1.1%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Nyungar6 · 0.7%
    20.0%
  3. 03
    Malayalam6 · 0.7%
    100.0%
  4. 04
    Dutch4 · 0.4%
    33.3%
  5. 05
    Italian3 · 0.3%
    50.0%
    Composition

    Everyone at home

    ENGLISH · 86%
    OTHER
    ENGLISH ONLY 86.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 13.7%
    German
    10 · 0.0%
    Nyungar
    6 · +20.0%
    Malayalam
    6 · +100.0%
    Dutch
    4 · -33.3%
    Italian
    3 · -50.0%
    SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
    1. 01
      German10 · 1.1%
      0.0%
    2. 02
      Nyungar6 · 0.7%
      20.0%
    3. 03
      Malayalam6 · 0.7%
      100.0%
    4. 04
      Dutch4 · 0.4%
      33.3%
    5. 05
      Italian3 · 0.3%
      50.0%
    Momentum

    Fastest-growing languages

    Top movers since the last census

    #1
    Language
    Malayalam
    +100.0%
    6 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
    #2
    Language
    Nyungar
    +20.0%
    6 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
    #3
    Language
    German
    0.0%
    10 speakers · 1.1% of LGA
    Sub-regions

    Suburb-level data

    Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

    Use this data

    Commission a gap report for Brookton.

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