SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Katanning

3,988 residents · 22+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
29.3%
1,169 people
Growth since last census
+5.4%
vs previous census
In context
1.24× Western Australia avg
1.08× national avg
Population
3,988
CALD residents
1,169
Languages spoken
22
Fastest-growing
+167%
Narrative

Why this matters

Katanning is home to 3,988 residents. 29.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,169 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Katanning 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
    Malay218 · 5.5%
    2.2%
  2. 02
    Karen185 · 4.6%
    7.6%
  3. 03
    Burmese56 · 1.4%
    26.3%
  4. 04
    Hazaraghi42 · 1.1%
    19.2%
  5. 05
    Bislama37 · 0.9%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans31 · 0.8%
    55.0%
  1. 01
    Mandarin27 · 0.7%
    32.5%
  2. 02
    Filipino21 · 0.5%
    133.3%
  3. 03
    Tagalog14 · 0.4%
    26.3%
  4. 04
    Italian14 · 0.4%
    6.7%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese10 · 0.3%
    100.0%
  6. 06
    Fijian8 · 0.2%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 71%
MAL
KAR
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 70.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 29.3%
Malay
218 · -2.2%
Karen
185 · +7.6%
Burmese
56 · -26.3%
Hazaraghi
42 · -19.2%
Bislama
37 · 0.0%
Afrikaans
31 · +55.0%
Mandarin
27 · -32.5%
Filipino
21 · +133.3%
Tagalog
14 · -26.3%
Italian
14 · -6.7%
Vietnamese
Fijian
Malayalam
Indonesian
Swahili
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Malay218 · 5.5%
    2.2%
  2. 02
    Karen185 · 4.6%
    7.6%
  3. 03
    Burmese56 · 1.4%
    26.3%
  4. 04
    Hazaraghi42 · 1.1%
    19.2%
  5. 05
    Bislama37 · 0.9%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans31 · 0.8%
    55.0%
  7. 07
    Mandarin27 · 0.7%
    32.5%
  8. 08
    Filipino21 · 0.5%
    133.3%
  9. 09
    Tagalog14 · 0.4%
    26.3%
  10. 10
    Italian14 · 0.4%
    6.7%
  11. 11
    Vietnamese10 · 0.3%
    100.0%
  12. 12
    Fijian8 · 0.2%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Indonesian
+166.7%
8 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Filipino
+133.3%
21 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
#3
Language
Vietnamese
+100.0%
10 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Use this data

Commission a gap report for Katanning.

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