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Rottnest Island, Cockburn

Languages spoken in Rottnest Island

At the 2021 Census, 20 per cent of residents in Rottnest Island spoke a language other than English at home, most often Spanish. The next largest is Mandarin. The share speaking another language is 1.1 times the figure for Western Australia.

Residents
168
Speak another language
19.6%+371%
Languages spoken
6
Born overseas
40.6%

What's spoken at home in Rottnest Island?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Spanish
    10
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    8
  3. 03
    Malay
    5
  4. 04
    Somali
    4
  5. 05
    Hindi
    3
  6. 06
    Nepali
    3

Where were Rottnest Island's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, England leads.

  1. 01
    England
    12+33.3%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    11-21.4%
  3. 03
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    8
  4. 04
    Spain
    6
  5. 05
    Colombia
    5
  6. 06
    Malaysia
    5
  7. 07
    Chile
    4
  8. 08
    Ireland
    4
  9. 09
    Philippines
    4
  10. 10
    Nepal
    3

How does Rottnest Island compare with Australia as a whole?

Australia as a whole has much the same share.

Rottnest Island
19.6%
Western Australia
17.3%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What's Rottnest Island's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    72+12.5%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    58+65.7%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    40%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    4
  5. 05
    Islam
    3

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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