Italian
31 speakers
It has fallen by more than a quarter since 2016.
Collie, Western Australia
Languages spoken in Collie
Only 180 people in Collie speak a language other than English at home, the 2021 Census shows. Italian is the one heard most. Only a small margin separates Afrikaans from the leader. In the City of Perth, a language other than English is at least twice as common.
- Residents
- 8,767
- Speak another language
- 180
- Languages at home
- 25
- Change since 2016
- −8.2%
Which languages are heard at home in Collie?
Small as they are, Italian, Afrikaans and Mandarin are the largest.
How does Collie compare with Australia as a whole?
Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double. Collie is 106th of 137 across Western Australia.
- Collie
- 2.1%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- City of Perth
- 33.5%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Which suburbs of Collie have the most speakers of other languages?
Across 5 suburbs, Collie leads narrowly.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- Cardiff (WA)Led by Afrikaans7%16
- Collie (WA)Led by Italian2%148
- AllansonLed by Norwegian2%9
- Palmer (WA)Led by Spanish1%7
- Yourdamung Lake0%0
- 5 suburbs in Collie. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
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.
The headline 2.1% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 714 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 10.2%, while measuring only those who answered gives 2.2%.
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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