SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Cottesloe

7,828 residents · 28+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.0%
705 people
Growth since last census
+4.5%
vs previous census
In context
0.38× Western Australia avg
0.33× national avg
Population
7,828
CALD residents
705
Languages spoken
28
Fastest-growing
+175%
Narrative

Why this matters

Cottesloe is home to 7,828 residents. 9.0% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 705 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Cottesloe 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
    Italian80 · 1.0%
    12.7%
  2. 02
    French39 · 0.5%
    47.3%
  3. 03
    Mandarin35 · 0.4%
    16.7%
  4. 04
    German28 · 0.4%
    36.4%
  5. 05
    Spanish27 · 0.3%
    68.8%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans19 · 0.2%
    20.8%
  1. 01
    Dutch18 · 0.2%
    18.2%
  2. 02
    Polish13 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Greek12 · 0.2%
    58.6%
  4. 04
    Indonesian11 · 0.1%
    175.0%
  5. 05
    Portuguese11 · 0.1%
    35.3%
  6. 06
    Arabic8 · 0.1%
    100.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 91.0%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.0%
Italian
80 · +12.7%
French
39 · -47.3%
Mandarin
35 · +16.7%
German
28 · -36.4%
Spanish
27 · +68.8%
Afrikaans
19 · -20.8%
Dutch
18 · -18.2%
Polish
13 · 0.0%
Greek
12 · -58.6%
Indonesian
11 · +175.0%
Portuguese
11
Arabic
8
Danish
7
Russian
6
Hindi
6
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian80 · 1.0%
    12.7%
  2. 02
    French39 · 0.5%
    47.3%
  3. 03
    Mandarin35 · 0.4%
    16.7%
  4. 04
    German28 · 0.4%
    36.4%
  5. 05
    Spanish27 · 0.3%
    68.8%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans19 · 0.2%
    20.8%
  7. 07
    Dutch18 · 0.2%
    18.2%
  8. 08
    Polish13 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Greek12 · 0.2%
    58.6%
  10. 10
    Indonesian11 · 0.1%
    175.0%
  11. 11
    Portuguese11 · 0.1%
    35.3%
  12. 12
    Arabic8 · 0.1%
    100.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Indonesian
+175.0%
11 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Arabic
+100.0%
8 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Hindi
+100.0%
6 speakers · 0.1% 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 Cottesloe.

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