SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Kalamunda

58,049 residents · 94+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
15.8%
9,172 people
Growth since last census
+24.5%
vs previous census
In context
0.67× Western Australia avg
0.58× national avg
Population
58,049
CALD residents
9,172
Languages spoken
94
Fastest-growing
+82%
Narrative

Why this matters

Kalamunda is home to 58,049 residents. 15.8% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 9,172 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Kalamunda 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
    Mandarin596 · 1.0%
    18.5%
  2. 02
    Italian553 · 1.0%
    18.1%
  3. 03
    Tagalog359 · 0.6%
    11.5%
  4. 04
    Malayalam309 · 0.5%
    8.8%
  5. 05
    Hazaraghi287 · 0.5%
    81.6%
  6. 06
    Filipino267 · 0.5%
    21.9%
  1. 01
    Punjabi262 · 0.5%
    60.7%
  2. 02
    Hindi236 · 0.4%
    29.7%
  3. 03
    German222 · 0.4%
    7.8%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans200 · 0.3%
    29.9%
  5. 05
    Tamil177 · 0.3%
    21.2%
  6. 06
    Thai168 · 0.3%
    69.7%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 84%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 84.2%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 15.8%
Mandarin
596 · +18.5%
Italian
553 · -18.1%
Tagalog
359 · +11.5%
Malayalam
309 · +8.8%
Hazaraghi
287 · +81.6%
Filipino
267 · +21.9%
Punjabi
262 · +60.7%
Hindi
236 · +29.7%
German
222 · +7.8%
Afrikaans
200 · +29.9%
Tamil
177 · +21.2%
Thai
168 · +69.7%
Indonesian
162 · +6.6%
Cantonese
162 · +39.7%
Bengali
157 · +5.4%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin596 · 1.0%
    18.5%
  2. 02
    Italian553 · 1.0%
    18.1%
  3. 03
    Tagalog359 · 0.6%
    11.5%
  4. 04
    Malayalam309 · 0.5%
    8.8%
  5. 05
    Hazaraghi287 · 0.5%
    81.6%
  6. 06
    Filipino267 · 0.5%
    21.9%
  7. 07
    Punjabi262 · 0.5%
    60.7%
  8. 08
    Hindi236 · 0.4%
    29.7%
  9. 09
    German222 · 0.4%
    7.8%
  10. 10
    Afrikaans200 · 0.3%
    29.9%
  11. 11
    Tamil177 · 0.3%
    21.2%
  12. 12
    Thai168 · 0.3%
    69.7%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Hazaraghi
+81.6%
287 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
#2
Language
Thai
+69.7%
168 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#3
Language
Punjabi
+60.7%
262 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
Use this data

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