SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Donnybrook-Balingup

6,122 residents · 25+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.4%
635 people
Growth since last census
+49.2%
vs previous census
In context
0.44× Western Australia avg
0.38× national avg
Population
6,122
CALD residents
635
Languages spoken
25
Fastest-growing
+267%
Narrative

Why this matters

Donnybrook-Balingup is home to 6,122 residents. 10.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 635 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Donnybrook-Balingup 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
    Italian58 · 0.9%
    3.6%
  2. 02
    Mandarin34 · 0.6%
    30.8%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese18 · 0.3%
    38.5%
  4. 04
    Dutch15 · 0.2%
    150.0%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans14 · 0.2%
    133.3%
  6. 06
    Tagalog11 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Polish11 · 0.2%
    266.7%
  2. 02
    German11 · 0.2%
    31.3%
  3. 03
    Arabic8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Korean7 · 0.1%
    75.0%
  5. 05
    Dari7 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  6. 06
    Cantonese7 · 0.1%
    133.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.4%
Italian
58 · +3.6%
Mandarin
34 · +30.8%
Vietnamese
18 · +38.5%
Dutch
15 · +150.0%
Afrikaans
14 · +133.3%
Tagalog
11 · 0.0%
Polish
11 · +266.7%
German
11 · -31.3%
Arabic
8 · 0.0%
Korean
7 · +75.0%
Dari
7 · +16.7%
Cantonese
7 · +133.3%
Swedish
6 · 0.0%
Hazaraghi
6 · 0.0%
Tongan
5 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian58 · 0.9%
    3.6%
  2. 02
    Mandarin34 · 0.6%
    30.8%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese18 · 0.3%
    38.5%
  4. 04
    Dutch15 · 0.2%
    150.0%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans14 · 0.2%
    133.3%
  6. 06
    Tagalog11 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Polish11 · 0.2%
    266.7%
  8. 08
    German11 · 0.2%
    31.3%
  9. 09
    Arabic8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Korean7 · 0.1%
    75.0%
  11. 11
    Dari7 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  12. 12
    Cantonese7 · 0.1%
    133.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Polish
+266.7%
11 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Dutch
+150.0%
15 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Afrikaans
+133.3%
14 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
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