SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Northampton

3,192 residents · 9+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
14.9%
476 people
Growth since last census
-20.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.63× Western Australia avg
0.55× national avg
Population
3,192
CALD residents
476
Languages spoken
9
Fastest-growing
0%
Narrative

Why this matters

Northampton is home to 3,192 residents. 14.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 476 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Northampton 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
    German9 · 0.3%
    25.0%
  2. 02
    Italian5 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Spanish5 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Tagalog3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans3 · 0.1%
    25.0%
  1. 01
    Dhivehi3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Japanese3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Dutch3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 85%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 85.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 14.9%
German
9 · -25.0%
Italian
5 · 0.0%
Spanish
5 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
4 · 0.0%
Tagalog
3 · 0.0%
Afrikaans
3 · -25.0%
Dhivehi
3 · 0.0%
Japanese
3 · 0.0%
Dutch
3 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German9 · 0.3%
    25.0%
  2. 02
    Italian5 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Spanish5 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Tagalog3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans3 · 0.1%
    25.0%
  7. 07
    Dhivehi3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Japanese3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Dutch3 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Italian
0.0%
5 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Spanish
0.0%
5 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Vietnamese
0.0%
4 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Northampton.

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