SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Serpentine-Jarrahdale

31,954 residents · 88+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
15.6%
4,981 people
Growth since last census
+64.5%
vs previous census
In context
0.66× Western Australia avg
0.57× national avg
Population
31,954
CALD residents
4,981
Languages spoken
88
Fastest-growing
+136%
Narrative

Why this matters

Serpentine-Jarrahdale is home to 31,954 residents. 15.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 4,981 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Serpentine-Jarrahdale 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
    Punjabi565 · 1.8%
    82.8%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans233 · 0.7%
    23.3%
  3. 03
    Shona144 · 0.5%
    29.7%
  4. 04
    Tagalog132 · 0.4%
    135.7%
  5. 05
    Malayalam128 · 0.4%
    85.5%
  6. 06
    Mandarin117 · 0.4%
    8.3%
  1. 01
    Hindi94 · 0.3%
    77.4%
  2. 02
    French92 · 0.3%
    31.4%
  3. 03
    Italian91 · 0.3%
    6.2%
  4. 04
    Urdu88 · 0.3%
    76.0%
  5. 05
    Tamil83 · 0.3%
    18.6%
  6. 06
    Filipino77 · 0.2%
    113.9%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 84%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 84.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 15.6%
Punjabi
565 · +82.8%
Afrikaans
233 · +23.3%
Shona
144 · +29.7%
Tagalog
132 · +135.7%
Malayalam
128 · +85.5%
Mandarin
117 · +8.3%
Hindi
94 · +77.4%
French
92 · +31.4%
Italian
91 · -6.2%
Urdu
88 · +76.0%
Tamil
83 · +18.6%
Filipino
77 · +113.9%
Dutch
72 · -1.4%
Swahili
63 · +23.5%
Spanish
59 · +51.3%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Punjabi565 · 1.8%
    82.8%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans233 · 0.7%
    23.3%
  3. 03
    Shona144 · 0.5%
    29.7%
  4. 04
    Tagalog132 · 0.4%
    135.7%
  5. 05
    Malayalam128 · 0.4%
    85.5%
  6. 06
    Mandarin117 · 0.4%
    8.3%
  7. 07
    Hindi94 · 0.3%
    77.4%
  8. 08
    French92 · 0.3%
    31.4%
  9. 09
    Italian91 · 0.3%
    6.2%
  10. 10
    Urdu88 · 0.3%
    76.0%
  11. 11
    Tamil83 · 0.3%
    18.6%
  12. 12
    Filipino77 · 0.2%
    113.9%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Tagalog
+135.7%
132 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#2
Language
Filipino
+113.9%
77 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Malayalam
+85.5%
128 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
Use this data

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