Afrikaans
189 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has grown by more than half.
Busselton, Western Australia
Which languages are spoken in Busselton?
In Busselton, the 2021 Census counted about 1,700 people speaking a language other than English at home, led by Afrikaans and German. The top two are neck and neck. Across Western Australia, the share speaking another language is more than double.
- Residents
- 40,111
- Speak another language
- 1,693
- Languages at home
- 67
- Change since 2016
- +23.9%
Which communities in Busselton speak another language at home?
Afrikaans leads a short list of small communities.
What sets Busselton apart from Australia as a whole?
Busselton's share is less than half the national share. Busselton ranks 68th in Western Australia, in the top half.
- Busselton
- 4.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Western Australia
- 17.3%
Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.
How even is Busselton from suburb to suburb?
From Busselton down to Ambergate, the gap is modest.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- MarybrookLed by Hazaraghi12%19
- Yallingup SidingLed by Polish6%21
- BusseltonLed by Hazaraghi6%110
- KealyLed by Afrikaans6%63
- MetricupLed by French6%27
- YalyalupLed by Afrikaans6%170
- Eagle BayLed by Indonesian6%12
- YelvertonLed by Auslan5%14
- DunsboroughLed by German5%348
- AbbeyLed by Afrikaans5%67
- GeographeLed by Afrikaans4%156
- West BusseltonLed by Italian4%363
- Broadwater (WA)Led by Afrikaans4%166
- QuindalupLed by Italian3%40
- YallingupLed by German3%30
- QuedjinupLed by German2%9
- VasseLed by Afrikaans2%52
- YoganupLed by Afrikaans1%7
- Acton Park (WA)Led by Mandarin1%3
- BovellLed by Irish1%5
- BoalliaLed by Spanish1%3
- AmbergateLed by Portuguese1%5
- WonnerupLed by German1%3
- Siesta Park0%0
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 24 suburbs listed.
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
How the headline share is counted: 4.2% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 2,310 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 10.0%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 4.5%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
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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