SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Wagin

1,756 residents · 7+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
14.3%
251 people
Growth since last census
-25.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.61× Western Australia avg
0.53× national avg
Population
1,756
CALD residents
251
Languages spoken
7
Fastest-growing
0%
Narrative

Why this matters

Wagin is home to 1,756 residents. 14.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 251 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Wagin 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
    Filipino16 · 0.9%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Tagalog14 · 0.8%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Maori (New Zealand)4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Fijian3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Russian3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Burmese3 · 0.2%
    25.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 86%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 85.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 14.3%
Filipino
16 · 0.0%
Tagalog
14 · 0.0%
Maori (New Zealand)
4 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
4 · 0.0%
Fijian
3 · 0.0%
Russian
3 · 0.0%
Burmese
3 · -25.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Filipino16 · 0.9%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Tagalog14 · 0.8%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Maori (New Zealand)4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Fijian3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Russian3 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Burmese3 · 0.2%
    25.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Filipino
0.0%
16 speakers · 0.9% of LGA
#2
Language
Tagalog
0.0%
14 speakers · 0.8% of LGA
#3
Language
Maori (New Zealand)
0.0%
4 speakers · 0.2% 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 Wagin.

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