Spanish
112 speakers
It has more than tripled since 2016.
Broome, Western Australia
The languages of Broome
Bardi is the most widely spoken First Nations language in Broome, where about 1,800 people speak a language other than English at home, according to the 2021 Census. Italian has grown by about three quarters since 2016. Broome's share is below the share for Western Australia.
- Residents
- 16,686
- Speak another language
- 1,785
- Languages at home
- 83
- Change since 2016
- +15.7%
What First Nations languages are spoken at home in Broome?
9 First Nations languages have speakers here, led by Bardi, Kriol and Yawuru. Together they account for more than one in three of those who speak a language other than English.
- 01208-20.0%
- 02127-12.4%
- 0387+358%
- 0436+177%
- 0534+127%
- 0631+138%
- 0729+7.4%
- 08190%
- 0910
- 108
The ABS’s own post-enumeration survey found the census missed a much larger share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people than of the population overall, so counts here are best read as a floor.
How different is Broome from the City of Perth?
In the City of Perth, the share speaking another language is more than double. Among 137 councils in Western Australia, Broome is 44th.
- Broome
- 10.7%
- City of Perth
- 33.5%
- Western Australia
- 17.3%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Which languages have the most speakers in Broome, First Nations included?
The chip beside each count is the change since 2016. Totals include broad ABS categories like "Chinese, nfd" that the list leaves out.
What languages from overseas are spoken in Broome?
Beyond First Nations languages, these are the largest.
Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languagesLEXIGO works in multicultural communication. First Nations languages are optional to display and are not counted in the multicultural rankings.
Where in Broome is English least common at home?
Across 8 suburbs, Dampier Peninsula leads narrowly.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- Dampier PeninsulaLed by Bardi23%233
- LagrangeLed by Kriol22%197
- Cable BeachLed by Mandarin10%628
- BroomeLed by Spanish10%358
- BilingurrLed by Italian10%81
- DjugunLed by Tagalog8%271
- WaterbankLed by Thai5%17
- Minyirr0%0
- 8 suburbs in Broome. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where is Broome on the language map?
The shading shows how many residents speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home, on ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Compare Broome with its neighbours on the full map.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
10.7% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 2,461 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 25.4%; among respondents alone it's 12.5%.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
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