Boddington, Western Australia

Languages other than English in Boddington

Only one in 25 residents in Boddington speak a language other than English at home, the 2021 Census shows. Afrikaans is the one heard most. Only a small margin separates Indonesian from the leader. Boddington's share is well under the share for Western Australia.

Residents
1,681
Speak another language
64
Languages at home
17
Change since 2016
−9.9%

What languages besides English do people speak in Boddington?

None of these reaches one in 100 residents on its own.

Afrikaans

12 speakers

The community has more than doubled since 2016.

Indonesian

11 speakers

Between the last two censuses it has fallen by more than a quarter.

Malayalam

8 speakers

It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

How far is Boddington from the City of Perth on languages?

The share for the City of Perth is more than twice as high as Boddington's. Boddington is 72nd of 137 across Western Australia.

Boddington
3.8%
City of Perth
33.5%
Western Australia
17.3%

Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.

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How even is Boddington from suburb to suburb?

Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.

Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.

Other sources sometimes quote 12.4% for Boddington. That figure treats the 145 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 3.8%, and 4.2% is the share among those who answered.

Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.

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