SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Esperance

13,753 residents · 38+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
14.1%
1,946 people
Growth since last census
+60.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.60× Western Australia avg
0.52× national avg
Population
13,753
CALD residents
1,946
Languages spoken
38
Fastest-growing
+300%
Narrative

Why this matters

Esperance is home to 13,753 residents. 14.1% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,946 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Esperance 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
    Afrikaans106 · 0.8%
    1.9%
  2. 02
    Thai40 · 0.3%
    90.5%
  3. 03
    German36 · 0.3%
    2.9%
  4. 04
    Filipino35 · 0.3%
    218.2%
  5. 05
    French27 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  6. 06
    Sinhalese23 · 0.2%
    155.6%
  1. 01
    Vietnamese23 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Cantonese18 · 0.1%
    157.1%
  3. 03
    Russian16 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Auslan12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Maori (New Zealand)12 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  6. 06
    Nyungar12 · 0.1%
    300.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 86%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 85.9%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 14.1%
Afrikaans
106 · -1.9%
Thai
40 · +90.5%
German
36 · +2.9%
Filipino
35 · +218.2%
French
27 · +50.0%
Sinhalese
23 · +155.6%
Vietnamese
23 · 0.0%
Cantonese
18 · +157.1%
Russian
16 · 0.0%
Auslan
12 · 0.0%
Maori (New Zealand)
12 · +100.0%
Nyungar
12 · +300.0%
Tagalog
11 · -26.7%
Spanish
10 · 0.0%
Estonian
10 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Afrikaans106 · 0.8%
    1.9%
  2. 02
    Thai40 · 0.3%
    90.5%
  3. 03
    German36 · 0.3%
    2.9%
  4. 04
    Filipino35 · 0.3%
    218.2%
  5. 05
    French27 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  6. 06
    Sinhalese23 · 0.2%
    155.6%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese23 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Cantonese18 · 0.1%
    157.1%
  9. 09
    Russian16 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Auslan12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Maori (New Zealand)12 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  12. 12
    Nyungar12 · 0.1%
    300.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nyungar
+300.0%
12 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Filipino
+218.2%
35 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#3
Language
Cantonese
+157.1%
18 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Esperance.

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