SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · Western Australia

Yilgarn

1,141 residents · 8+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
22.7%
259 people
Growth since last census
+122.4%
vs previous census
In context
0.96× Western Australia avg
0.84× national avg
Population
1,141
CALD residents
259
Languages spoken
8
Fastest-growing
+150%
Narrative

Why this matters

Yilgarn is home to 1,141 residents. 22.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 259 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Yilgarn 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
    Tagalog12 · 1.1%
    140.0%
  2. 02
    Filipino10 · 0.9%
    150.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin6 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Malayalam5 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Punjabi5 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Shona4 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Cebuano3 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Italian3 · 0.3%
    40.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 77%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 77.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 22.7%
Tagalog
12 · +140.0%
Filipino
10 · +150.0%
Mandarin
6 · 0.0%
Malayalam
5 · 0.0%
Punjabi
5 · 0.0%
Shona
4 · 0.0%
Cebuano
3 · 0.0%
Italian
3 · -40.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Tagalog12 · 1.1%
    140.0%
  2. 02
    Filipino10 · 0.9%
    150.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin6 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Malayalam5 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Punjabi5 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Shona4 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Cebuano3 · 0.3%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Italian3 · 0.3%
    40.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Filipino
+150.0%
10 speakers · 0.9% of LGA
#2
Language
Tagalog
+140.0%
12 speakers · 1.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Mandarin
0.0%
6 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
Use this data

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