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Local Government Area · Western Australia

Shark Bay

1,002 residents · 8+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
24.6%
246 people
Growth since last census
-43.5%
vs previous census
In context
1.05× Western Australia avg
0.90× national avg
Population
1,002
CALD residents
246
Languages spoken
8
Fastest-growing
0%
Narrative

Why this matters

Shark Bay is home to 1,002 residents. 24.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 246 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Shark Bay 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
    Spanish27 · 2.7%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese8 · 0.8%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    French8 · 0.8%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Italian6 · 0.6%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Tagalog5 · 0.5%
    54.5%
  6. 06
    Slovak5 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Mandarin3 · 0.3%
    25.0%
  2. 02
    Thai3 · 0.3%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 75%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 75.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 24.6%
Spanish
27 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
8 · 0.0%
French
8 · 0.0%
Italian
6 · 0.0%
Tagalog
5 · -54.5%
Slovak
5 · 0.0%
Mandarin
3 · -25.0%
Thai
3 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Spanish27 · 2.7%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese8 · 0.8%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    French8 · 0.8%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Italian6 · 0.6%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Tagalog5 · 0.5%
    54.5%
  6. 06
    Slovak5 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Mandarin3 · 0.3%
    25.0%
  8. 08
    Thai3 · 0.3%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Spanish
0.0%
27 speakers · 2.7% of LGA
#2
Language
Vietnamese
0.0%
8 speakers · 0.8% of LGA
#3
Language
French
0.0%
8 speakers · 0.8% 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 Shark Bay.

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