SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

East Fremantle

7,728 residents · 28+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.8%
831 people
Growth since last census
+30.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.46× Western Australia avg
0.39× national avg
Population
7,728
CALD residents
831
Languages spoken
28
Fastest-growing
+525%
Narrative

Why this matters

East Fremantle is home to 7,728 residents. 10.8% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 831 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for East Fremantle 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
    Italian165 · 2.1%
    ▼22.2%
  2. 02
    German52 · 0.7%
    ▲0.0%
  3. 03
    French39 · 0.5%
    ▼18.8%
  4. 04
    Portuguese36 · 0.5%
    ▲28.6%
  5. 05
    Spanish33 · 0.4%
    ▲3.1%
  6. 06
    Mandarin25 · 0.3%
    ▲525.0%
  1. 01
    Dutch25 · 0.3%
    ▲78.6%
  2. 02
    Croatian22 · 0.3%
    ▲29.4%
  3. 03
    Japanese15 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
  4. 04
    Korean12 · 0.2%
    ▲71.4%
  5. 05
    Persian (excluding Dari)10 · 0.1%
    ▲233.3%
  6. 06
    Serbian9 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.2%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.8%
Italian
165 · -22.2%
German
52 · 0.0%
French
39 · -18.8%
Portuguese
36 · +28.6%
Spanish
33 · +3.1%
Mandarin
25 · +525.0%
Dutch
25 · +78.6%
Croatian
22 · +29.4%
Japanese
15 · 0.0%
Korean
12 · +71.4%
Persian (excluding Dari)
Serbian
Greek
Bosnian
Swedish
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian165 · 2.1%
    ▼22.2%
  2. 02
    German52 · 0.7%
    ▲0.0%
  3. 03
    French39 · 0.5%
    ▼18.8%
  4. 04
    Portuguese36 · 0.5%
    ▲28.6%
  5. 05
    Spanish33 · 0.4%
    ▲3.1%
  6. 06
    Mandarin25 · 0.3%
    ▲525.0%
  7. 07
    Dutch25 · 0.3%
    ▲78.6%
  8. 08
    Croatian22 · 0.3%
    ▲29.4%
  9. 09
    Japanese15 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
  10. 10
    Korean12 · 0.2%
    ▲71.4%
  11. 11
    Persian (excluding Dari)10 · 0.1%
    ▲233.3%
  12. 12
    Serbian9 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Mandarin
+525.0%
25 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Persian (excluding Dari)
+233.3%
10 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Dutch
+78.6%
25 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

East Fremantle
7,728 RESIDENTS
10.8% CALDTop: Italian
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