SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Capel

18,087 residents · 54+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
12.7%
2,290 people
Growth since last census
+103.9%
vs previous census
In context
0.54× Western Australia avg
0.47× national avg
Population
18,087
CALD residents
2,290
Languages spoken
54
Fastest-growing
+827%
Narrative

Why this matters

Capel is home to 18,087 residents. 12.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,290 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Capel 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
    Afrikaans369 · 2.0%
    10.9%
  2. 02
    Tagalog142 · 0.8%
    77.5%
  3. 03
    Filipino121 · 0.7%
    116.1%
  4. 04
    Malayalam102 · 0.6%
    827.3%
  5. 05
    Russian49 · 0.3%
    188.2%
  6. 06
    Urdu48 · 0.3%
    41.2%
  1. 01
    Arabic47 · 0.3%
    62.1%
  2. 02
    Mandarin40 · 0.2%
    9.1%
  3. 03
    German35 · 0.2%
    40.0%
  4. 04
    Italian33 · 0.2%
    56.0%
  5. 05
    Maori (New Zealand)32 · 0.2%
    220.0%
  6. 06
    Dutch31 · 0.2%
    3.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 87%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 87.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 12.7%
Afrikaans
369 · -10.9%
Tagalog
142 · +77.5%
Filipino
121 · +116.1%
Malayalam
102 · +827.3%
Russian
49
Urdu
48 · +41.2%
Arabic
47 · +62.1%
Mandarin
40 · -9.1%
German
35 · +40.0%
Italian
33 · -56.0%
Maori (New Zealand)
32
Dutch
31
French
25
Vietnamese
24
Shona
24
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Afrikaans369 · 2.0%
    10.9%
  2. 02
    Tagalog142 · 0.8%
    77.5%
  3. 03
    Filipino121 · 0.7%
    116.1%
  4. 04
    Malayalam102 · 0.6%
    827.3%
  5. 05
    Russian49 · 0.3%
    188.2%
  6. 06
    Urdu48 · 0.3%
    41.2%
  7. 07
    Arabic47 · 0.3%
    62.1%
  8. 08
    Mandarin40 · 0.2%
    9.1%
  9. 09
    German35 · 0.2%
    40.0%
  10. 10
    Italian33 · 0.2%
    56.0%
  11. 11
    Maori (New Zealand)32 · 0.2%
    220.0%
  12. 12
    Dutch31 · 0.2%
    3.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Malayalam
+827.3%
102 speakers · 0.6% of LGA
#2
Language
Maori (New Zealand)
+220.0%
32 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Vietnamese
+200.0%
24 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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