SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Toodyay

4,572 residents · 17+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
13.9%
637 people
Growth since last census
+39.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.59× Western Australia avg
0.51× national avg
Population
4,572
CALD residents
637
Languages spoken
17
Fastest-growing
+200%
Narrative

Why this matters

Toodyay is home to 4,572 residents. 13.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 637 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Toodyay 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
    Italian18 · 0.4%
    100.0%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans15 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Spanish9 · 0.2%
    200.0%
  4. 04
    Polish9 · 0.2%
    10.0%
  5. 05
    French6 · 0.1%
    50.0%
  6. 06
    German6 · 0.1%
    76.0%
  1. 01
    Nyungar5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Dutch5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Korean5 · 0.1%
    66.7%
  4. 04
    Malay5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Auslan4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Japanese4 · 0.1%
    20.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 86%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 86.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 13.9%
Italian
18 · +100.0%
Afrikaans
15 · 0.0%
Spanish
9 · +200.0%
Polish
9 · -10.0%
French
6 · +50.0%
German
6 · -76.0%
Nyungar
5 · 0.0%
Dutch
5 · 0.0%
Korean
5 · +66.7%
Malay
5 · 0.0%
Auslan
4 · 0.0%
Japanese
4 · -20.0%
Vietnamese
4 · 0.0%
Welsh
4 · 0.0%
Armenian
3 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian18 · 0.4%
    100.0%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans15 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Spanish9 · 0.2%
    200.0%
  4. 04
    Polish9 · 0.2%
    10.0%
  5. 05
    French6 · 0.1%
    50.0%
  6. 06
    German6 · 0.1%
    76.0%
  7. 07
    Nyungar5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Dutch5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Korean5 · 0.1%
    66.7%
  10. 10
    Malay5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Auslan4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Japanese4 · 0.1%
    20.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Spanish
+200.0%
9 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Italian
+100.0%
18 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#3
Language
Korean
+66.7%
5 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Toodyay.

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