SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Narrogin

4,724 residents · 36+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
18.6%
881 people
Growth since last census
+79.3%
vs previous census
In context
0.79× Western Australia avg
0.69× national avg
Population
4,724
CALD residents
881
Languages spoken
36
Fastest-growing
+146%
Narrative

Why this matters

Narrogin is home to 4,724 residents. 18.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 881 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Narrogin 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
    Filipino64 · 1.4%
    146.2%
  2. 02
    Tagalog59 · 1.2%
    51.3%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans58 · 1.2%
    141.7%
  4. 04
    Bislama20 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Italian15 · 0.3%
    16.7%
  6. 06
    Punjabi13 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Malayalam11 · 0.2%
    15.4%
  2. 02
    Maori (New Zealand)9 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Ndebele8 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Mandarin7 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  5. 05
    Malay7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Nepali6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 81%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 81.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 18.6%
Filipino
64 · +146.2%
Tagalog
59 · +51.3%
Afrikaans
58 · +141.7%
Bislama
20 · 0.0%
Italian
15 · -16.7%
Punjabi
13 · 0.0%
Malayalam
11 · -15.4%
Maori (New Zealand)
9 · 0.0%
Ndebele
8 · 0.0%
Mandarin
7 · +16.7%
Malay
7
Nepali
6
Khmer
6
Shona
6
Estonian
6
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Filipino64 · 1.4%
    146.2%
  2. 02
    Tagalog59 · 1.2%
    51.3%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans58 · 1.2%
    141.7%
  4. 04
    Bislama20 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Italian15 · 0.3%
    16.7%
  6. 06
    Punjabi13 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Malayalam11 · 0.2%
    15.4%
  8. 08
    Maori (New Zealand)9 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Ndebele8 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Mandarin7 · 0.1%
    16.7%
  11. 11
    Malay7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Nepali6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Filipino
+146.2%
64 speakers · 1.4% of LGA
#2
Language
Afrikaans
+141.7%
58 speakers · 1.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Shona
+100.0%
6 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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