SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Claremont

11,771 residents · 49+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
17.1%
2,009 people
Growth since last census
+49.3%
vs previous census
In context
0.72× Western Australia avg
0.63× national avg
Population
11,771
CALD residents
2,009
Languages spoken
49
Fastest-growing
+105%
Narrative

Why this matters

Claremont is home to 11,771 residents. 17.1% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,009 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Claremont 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
    Mandarin385 · 3.3%
    ▲88.7%
  2. 02
    Spanish112 · 1.0%
    ▲77.8%
  3. 03
    French109 · 0.9%
    ▲10.1%
  4. 04
    Japanese101 · 0.9%
    ▼10.6%
  5. 05
    Cantonese85 · 0.7%
    ▲51.8%
  6. 06
    Italian56 · 0.5%
    ▼21.1%
  1. 01
    German55 · 0.5%
    ▼17.9%
  2. 02
    Dutch45 · 0.4%
    ▲104.5%
  3. 03
    Portuguese39 · 0.3%
    ▲50.0%
  4. 04
    Persian (excluding Dari)37 · 0.3%
    ▲27.6%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans32 · 0.3%
    ▲23.1%
  6. 06
    Indonesian30 · 0.3%
    ▲15.4%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 83%
MAN
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 82.9%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 17.1%
Mandarin
385 · +88.7%
Spanish
112 · +77.8%
French
109 · +10.1%
Japanese
101 · -10.6%
Cantonese
85 · +51.8%
Italian
56 · -21.1%
German
55 · -17.9%
Dutch
45 · +104.5%
Portuguese
39 · +50.0%
Persian (excluding Dari)
37 · +27.6%
Afrikaans
32
Indonesian
30
Sinhalese
26
Hindi
26
Greek
20
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin385 · 3.3%
    ▲88.7%
  2. 02
    Spanish112 · 1.0%
    ▲77.8%
  3. 03
    French109 · 0.9%
    ▲10.1%
  4. 04
    Japanese101 · 0.9%
    ▼10.6%
  5. 05
    Cantonese85 · 0.7%
    ▲51.8%
  6. 06
    Italian56 · 0.5%
    ▼21.1%
  7. 07
    German55 · 0.5%
    ▼17.9%
  8. 08
    Dutch45 · 0.4%
    ▲104.5%
  9. 09
    Portuguese39 · 0.3%
    ▲50.0%
  10. 10
    Persian (excluding Dari)37 · 0.3%
    ▲27.6%
  11. 11
    Afrikaans32 · 0.3%
    ▲23.1%
  12. 12
    Indonesian30 · 0.3%
    ▲15.4%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Dutch
+104.5%
45 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#2
Language
Mandarin
+88.7%
385 speakers · 3.3% of LGA
#3
Language
Sinhalese
+85.7%
26 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Claremont (WA)
9,163 RESIDENTS
18.1% CALDTop: Mandarin
Swanbourne
4,564 RESIDENTS
10.4% CALDTop: Mandarin
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