SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Ngaanyatjarraku

1,339 residents · 5+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
90.4%
1,210 people
Growth since last census
+4.9%
vs previous census
In context
3.85× Western Australia avg
3.32× national avg
Population
1,339
CALD residents
1,210
Languages spoken
5
Fastest-growing
+10%
Narrative

Why this matters

Ngaanyatjarraku is home to 1,339 residents. 90.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,210 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Ngaanyatjarraku 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
    Ngaanyatjarra969 · 72.4%
    9.6%
  2. 02
    Pitjantjatjara109 · 8.1%
    36.6%
  3. 03
    Non-verbal, so described5 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Wik Ngathan4 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Shona3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
    Composition

    Everyone at home

    ENGLISH · 10%
    NGA
    PIT
    OTHER
    ENGLISH ONLY 9.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 90.4%
    Ngaanyatjarra
    969 · +9.6%
    Pitjantjatjara
    109 · -36.6%
    Non-verbal, so described
    Wik Ngathan
    Shona
    SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
    1. 01
      Ngaanyatjarra969 · 72.4%
      9.6%
    2. 02
      Pitjantjatjara109 · 8.1%
      36.6%
    3. 03
      Non-verbal, so described5 · 0.4%
      0.0%
    4. 04
      Wik Ngathan4 · 0.3%
      0.0%
    5. 05
      Shona3 · 0.2%
      0.0%
    Momentum

    Fastest-growing languages

    Top movers since the last census

    #1
    Language
    Ngaanyatjarra
    +9.6%
    969 speakers · 72.4% of LGA
    #2
    Language
    Non-verbal, so described
    0.0%
    5 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
    #3
    Language
    Wik Ngathan
    0.0%
    4 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
    Use this data

    Commission a gap report for Ngaanyatjarraku.

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