SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Morawa

660 residents · 5+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
22.6%
149 people
Growth since last census
+22.2%
vs previous census
In context
0.96× Western Australia avg
0.83× national avg
Population
660
CALD residents
149
Languages spoken
5
Fastest-growing
+67%
Narrative

Why this matters

Morawa is home to 660 residents. 22.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 149 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Morawa 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
    Wajarri5 · 0.8%
    66.7%
  2. 02
    Malayalam4 · 0.6%
    33.3%
  3. 03
    Tamil4 · 0.6%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Spanish4 · 0.6%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Swedish4 · 0.6%
    0.0%
    Composition

    Everyone at home

    ENGLISH · 77%
    OTHER
    ENGLISH ONLY 77.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 22.6%
    Wajarri
    5 · +66.7%
    Malayalam
    4 · -33.3%
    Tamil
    4 · 0.0%
    Spanish
    4 · 0.0%
    Swedish
    4 · 0.0%
    SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
    1. 01
      Wajarri5 · 0.8%
      66.7%
    2. 02
      Malayalam4 · 0.6%
      33.3%
    3. 03
      Tamil4 · 0.6%
      0.0%
    4. 04
      Spanish4 · 0.6%
      0.0%
    5. 05
      Swedish4 · 0.6%
      0.0%
    Momentum

    Fastest-growing languages

    Top movers since the last census

    #1
    Language
    Wajarri
    +66.7%
    5 speakers · 0.8% of LGA
    #2
    Language
    Tamil
    0.0%
    4 speakers · 0.6% of LGA
    #3
    Language
    Spanish
    0.0%
    4 speakers · 0.6% 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 Morawa.

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