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Local Government Area · Western Australia

Dardanup

14,553 residents · 50+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.1%
1,612 people
Growth since last census
+76.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.47× Western Australia avg
0.41× national avg
Population
14,553
CALD residents
1,612
Languages spoken
50
Fastest-growing
+667%
Narrative

Why this matters

Dardanup is home to 14,553 residents. 11.1% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,612 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Dardanup 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
    Afrikaans90 · 0.6%
    ▲57.9%
  2. 02
    Malay55 · 0.4%
    ▼12.7%
  3. 03
    Tagalog50 · 0.3%
    ▲138.1%
  4. 04
    Mandarin50 · 0.3%
    ▲72.4%
  5. 05
    Malayalam32 · 0.2%
    ▲28.0%
  6. 06
    Shona29 · 0.2%
    ▲11.5%
  1. 01
    Punjabi29 · 0.2%
    ▲16.0%
  2. 02
    Akan27 · 0.2%
    ▲145.5%
  3. 03
    Spanish26 · 0.2%
    ▲52.9%
  4. 04
    Korean25 · 0.2%
    ▼19.4%
  5. 05
    Italian24 · 0.2%
    ▼35.1%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese23 · 0.2%
    ▲666.7%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.9%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.1%
Afrikaans
90 · +57.9%
Malay
55 · -12.7%
Tagalog
50 · +138.1%
Mandarin
50 · +72.4%
Malayalam
32 · +28.0%
Shona
29 · +11.5%
Punjabi
29 · +16.0%
Akan
27 · +145.5%
Spanish
26 · +52.9%
Korean
25 · -19.4%
Italian
24 · -35.1%
Vietnamese
23 · +666.7%
Thai
21 · +90.9%
Polish
21 · +320.0%
Maori (New Zealand)
20 · +53.8%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Afrikaans90 · 0.6%
    ▲57.9%
  2. 02
    Malay55 · 0.4%
    ▼12.7%
  3. 03
    Tagalog50 · 0.3%
    ▲138.1%
  4. 04
    Mandarin50 · 0.3%
    ▲72.4%
  5. 05
    Malayalam32 · 0.2%
    ▲28.0%
  6. 06
    Shona29 · 0.2%
    ▲11.5%
  7. 07
    Punjabi29 · 0.2%
    ▲16.0%
  8. 08
    Akan27 · 0.2%
    ▲145.5%
  9. 09
    Spanish26 · 0.2%
    ▲52.9%
  10. 10
    Korean25 · 0.2%
    ▼19.4%
  11. 11
    Italian24 · 0.2%
    ▼35.1%
  12. 12
    Vietnamese23 · 0.2%
    ▲666.7%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Vietnamese
+666.7%
23 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Polish
+320.0%
21 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Akan
+145.5%
27 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Millbridge
2,698 RESIDENTS
13.8% CALDTop: Afrikaans
Eaton (WA)
8,581 RESIDENTS
11.5% CALDTop: Malay
Wellington Forest
671 RESIDENTS
11.3% CALDTop: Norwegian
Dardanup West
660 RESIDENTS
9.4% CALDTop: French
Burekup
1,079 RESIDENTS
8.4% CALDTop: Afrikaans
Henty (WA)
322 RESIDENTS
5.0% CALDTop: Afrikaans
Dardanup
542 RESIDENTS
2.2% CALDTop: Tagalog
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