SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Busselton

40,111 residents · 59+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.0%
4,003 people
Growth since last census
+44.4%
vs previous census
In context
0.42× Western Australia avg
0.37× national avg
Population
40,111
CALD residents
4,003
Languages spoken
59
Fastest-growing
+125%
Narrative

Why this matters

Busselton is home to 40,111 residents. 10.0% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 4,003 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Busselton 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
    Afrikaans189 · 0.5%
    68.8%
  2. 02
    German181 · 0.5%
    34.1%
  3. 03
    Italian124 · 0.3%
    1.6%
  4. 04
    French108 · 0.3%
    38.5%
  5. 05
    Hazaraghi77 · 0.2%
    14.9%
  6. 06
    Punjabi72 · 0.2%
    105.7%
  1. 01
    Spanish63 · 0.2%
    125.0%
  2. 02
    Thai60 · 0.1%
    13.2%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese59 · 0.1%
    3.5%
  4. 04
    Tagalog54 · 0.1%
    3.6%
  5. 05
    Mandarin53 · 0.1%
    18.5%
  6. 06
    Portuguese53 · 0.1%
    3.9%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.0%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.0%
Afrikaans
189 · +68.8%
German
181 · +34.1%
Italian
124 · +1.6%
French
108 · +38.5%
Hazaraghi
77 · +14.9%
Punjabi
72 · +105.7%
Spanish
63 · +125.0%
Thai
60 · +13.2%
Vietnamese
59 · +3.5%
Tagalog
54 · -3.6%
Mandarin
53 · -18.5%
Portuguese
53 · +3.9%
Korean
43 · +79.2%
Dutch
39 · -18.8%
Sinhalese
38 · +65.2%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Afrikaans189 · 0.5%
    68.8%
  2. 02
    German181 · 0.5%
    34.1%
  3. 03
    Italian124 · 0.3%
    1.6%
  4. 04
    French108 · 0.3%
    38.5%
  5. 05
    Hazaraghi77 · 0.2%
    14.9%
  6. 06
    Punjabi72 · 0.2%
    105.7%
  7. 07
    Spanish63 · 0.2%
    125.0%
  8. 08
    Thai60 · 0.1%
    13.2%
  9. 09
    Vietnamese59 · 0.1%
    3.5%
  10. 10
    Tagalog54 · 0.1%
    3.6%
  11. 11
    Mandarin53 · 0.1%
    18.5%
  12. 12
    Portuguese53 · 0.1%
    3.9%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Spanish
+125.0%
63 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+105.7%
72 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Korean
+79.2%
43 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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