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Local Government Area · Western Australia

Wyndham-East Kimberley

7,353 residents · 47+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
28.2%
2,074 people
Growth since last census
+56.4%
vs previous census
In context
1.20× Western Australia avg
1.03× national avg
Population
7,353
CALD residents
2,074
Languages spoken
47
Fastest-growing
+500%
Narrative

Why this matters

Wyndham-East Kimberley is home to 7,353 residents. 28.2% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,074 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Wyndham-East Kimberley 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
    Miriwoong141 · 1.9%
    12.8%
  2. 02
    Kriol63 · 0.9%
    31.3%
  3. 03
    Kija54 · 0.7%
    170.0%
  4. 04
    French52 · 0.7%
    126.1%
  5. 05
    German36 · 0.5%
    35.7%
  6. 06
    Mandarin32 · 0.4%
    6.7%
  1. 01
    Filipino21 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese20 · 0.3%
    13.0%
  3. 03
    Spanish18 · 0.2%
    500.0%
  4. 04
    Jaru16 · 0.2%
    27.3%
  5. 05
    Malayalam15 · 0.2%
    66.7%
  6. 06
    Thai15 · 0.2%
    21.1%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 72%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 71.8%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 28.2%
Miriwoong
141 · +12.8%
Kriol
63 · +31.3%
Kija
54 · +170.0%
French
52 · +126.1%
German
36 · -35.7%
Mandarin
32 · +6.7%
Filipino
21 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
20 · -13.0%
Spanish
18 · +500.0%
Jaru
16 · -27.3%
Malayalam
15 · +66.7%
Thai
15 · -21.1%
Indonesian
14 · +100.0%
Cantonese
14 · +100.0%
Tagalog
13 · -43.5%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Miriwoong141 · 1.9%
    12.8%
  2. 02
    Kriol63 · 0.9%
    31.3%
  3. 03
    Kija54 · 0.7%
    170.0%
  4. 04
    French52 · 0.7%
    126.1%
  5. 05
    German36 · 0.5%
    35.7%
  6. 06
    Mandarin32 · 0.4%
    6.7%
  7. 07
    Filipino21 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese20 · 0.3%
    13.0%
  9. 09
    Spanish18 · 0.2%
    500.0%
  10. 10
    Jaru16 · 0.2%
    27.3%
  11. 11
    Malayalam15 · 0.2%
    66.7%
  12. 12
    Thai15 · 0.2%
    21.1%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Spanish
+500.0%
18 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Kija
+170.0%
54 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
#3
Language
French
+126.1%
52 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Wyndham-East Kimberley.

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