SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Fremantle

31,476 residents · 68+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
17.8%
5,618 people
Growth since last census
+12.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.76× Western Australia avg
0.66× national avg
Population
31,476
CALD residents
5,618
Languages spoken
68
Fastest-growing
+233%
Narrative

Why this matters

Fremantle is home to 31,476 residents. 17.8% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 5,618 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for 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
    Italian1,029 · 3.3%
    ▼21.3%
  2. 02
    French342 · 1.1%
    ▲19.2%
  3. 03
    German340 · 1.1%
    ▲30.8%
  4. 04
    Spanish326 · 1.0%
    ▲58.3%
  5. 05
    Portuguese229 · 0.7%
    ▼3.8%
  6. 06
    Croatian178 · 0.6%
    ▼8.7%
  1. 01
    Japanese101 · 0.3%
    ▲17.4%
  2. 02
    Mandarin94 · 0.3%
    ▼29.3%
  3. 03
    Dutch82 · 0.3%
    ▲22.4%
  4. 04
    Serbian71 · 0.2%
    ▲26.8%
  5. 05
    Polish61 · 0.2%
    ▼10.3%
  6. 06
    Indonesian60 · 0.2%
    ▲233.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 82%
ITA
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 82.2%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 17.8%
Italian
1,029 · -21.3%
French
342 · +19.2%
German
340 · +30.8%
Spanish
326 · +58.3%
Portuguese
229 · -3.8%
Croatian
178 · -8.7%
Japanese
101 · +17.4%
Mandarin
94 · -29.3%
Dutch
82 · +22.4%
Serbian
71 · +26.8%
Polish
61
Indonesian
60
Swedish
59
Thai
52
Tagalog
49
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian1,029 · 3.3%
    ▼21.3%
  2. 02
    French342 · 1.1%
    ▲19.2%
  3. 03
    German340 · 1.1%
    ▲30.8%
  4. 04
    Spanish326 · 1.0%
    ▲58.3%
  5. 05
    Portuguese229 · 0.7%
    ▼3.8%
  6. 06
    Croatian178 · 0.6%
    ▼8.7%
  7. 07
    Japanese101 · 0.3%
    ▲17.4%
  8. 08
    Mandarin94 · 0.3%
    ▼29.3%
  9. 09
    Dutch82 · 0.3%
    ▲22.4%
  10. 10
    Serbian71 · 0.2%
    ▲26.8%
  11. 11
    Polish61 · 0.2%
    ▼10.3%
  12. 12
    Indonesian60 · 0.2%
    ▲233.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Indonesian
+233.3%
60 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Spanish
+58.3%
326 speakers · 1.0% of LGA
#3
Language
Swedish
+31.1%
59 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

O'Connor (WA)
446 RESIDENTS
22.6% CALDTop: Mandarin
Hilton (WA)
4,287 RESIDENTS
20.2% CALDTop: Italian
Beaconsfield (WA)
5,270 RESIDENTS
19.9% CALDTop: Italian
White Gum Valley
3,311 RESIDENTS
19.8% CALDTop: Italian
Fremantle
9,078 RESIDENTS
18.6% CALDTop: Italian
Samson
1,847 RESIDENTS
16.9% CALDTop: Italian
South Fremantle
3,334 RESIDENTS
14.1% CALDTop: Italian
North Fremantle
3,903 RESIDENTS
12.1% CALDTop: Italian
Use this data

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