Italian
280 speakers
Spoken at home by 0.9 per cent of residents.
Bunbury, Western Australia
Languages spoken in Bunbury
Italian is the most common language after English in Bunbury, where 7.2 per cent of residents speak something else at home, according to the 2021 Census. The top two are neck and neck. Across Western Australia, a language other than English is at least twice as common.
- Residents
- 32,472
- Speak another language
- 2,323
- Languages at home
- 77
- Change since 2016
- −8.5%
Which languages other than English are spoken most in Bunbury?
These three top a list of small communities.
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What are Bunbury's five largest language communities?
Afrikaans has grown by more than half since 2016.
The largest five communities, beside their change on the previous census.
How big is Bunbury's multilingual community next to Australia as a whole?
The share nationally is at least twice Bunbury's. In Western Australia, 37 councils rank higher.
- Bunbury
- 7.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Western Australia
- 17.3%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
Which suburbs of Bunbury have the largest multilingual communities?
Across only 10 suburbs, the shares are fairly even, with Glen Iris highest.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- Glen Iris (WA)Led by Mandarin12%369
- Bunbury (WA)Led by Italian9%332
- East BunburyLed by Italian7%290
- WithersLed by Filipino7%202
- Carey ParkLed by Tagalog7%345
- Pelican Point (WA)Led by Italian7%60
- College GroveLed by Afrikaans6%115
- South BunburyLed by Italian6%515
- UsherLed by Tagalog5%95
- Davenport (WA)0%0
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 10 suburbs in all.
Which countries are Bunbury's overseas-born residents from?
The largest group born overseas comes from England.
Country of birth
17.8% born overseas, across 79 countries.
- 01England1,768-3.7%
- 02New Zealand827-3.5%
- 03Philippines450-3.6%
- 04South Africa340+9.0%
- 05India226-16.0%
- 06Italy225-8.9%
- 07Scotland204-1.0%
- 08Ireland152-6.7%
- 09Zimbabwe109+11.2%
- 10Germany104+9.5%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs15,169+41.7%
- 02Christianity13,698-18.2%
- 03Buddhism302-19.5%
- 04Islam213+9.2%
- 05Hinduism191-1.0%
- 06Judaism4-60.0%
Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.
Blank answers matter here. 2,531 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 7.2%. Count them in and it's 14.9%; drop them from the base and it's 7.8%.
Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.
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