Afrikaans
42 speakers
Its speaker count has more than doubled since 2016.
Chittering, Western Australia
Which languages are spoken in Chittering?
In Chittering, the 2021 Census counted 3.9 per cent of residents speaking a language other than English at home, led by Afrikaans and Dutch. No language other than English reaches one in 100 residents. Across Western Australia, the share speaking another language is more than double.
- Residents
- 5,907
- Speak another language
- 231
- Languages at home
- 32
- Change since 2016
- +51.0%
Which languages other than English are spoken in Chittering?
Afrikaans has the most speakers, though every group here is small.
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How much less multilingual is Chittering than Australia as a whole?
Chittering's share is less than half the national share. Chittering sits in the lower half of Western Australia's councils, at 76th of 137.
- Chittering
- 3.9%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Western Australia
- 17.3%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
How even is Chittering from suburb to suburb?
The 5 suburbs differ only a little, with Bindoon highest.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- BindoonLed by Aboriginal English, so described7%74
- ChitteringLed by Punjabi4%30
- WannamalLed by Gujarati4%15
- Lower ChitteringLed by Afrikaans3%80
- MucheaLed by Thai3%32
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 5 suburbs in all.
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.
A note on method: 464 residents didn't state a language, and this page doesn't count them as speaking one. That's why 3.9% sits below the 11.8% you'd get by counting every blank, and below 4.2% measured across respondents only.
People with no usual address fall outside any suburb, which is why the national figure here is a fraction under the ABS one. The council figures aren't affected.
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