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East Pilbara, Western Australia
Languages spoken in East Pilbara
The 2021 Census counted about 980 people in East Pilbara speaking a First Nations language at home, with Martu Wangka the most common. Among the leading languages, Pintupi has more than doubled since 2016. The share speaking another language is close to the share for Western Australia.
- Residents
- 9,581
- Speak another language
- 1,820
- Languages at home
- 81
- Change since 2016
- −1.1%
How many people in East Pilbara speak a First Nations language?
The census names Martu Wangka, Pintupi and Nyangumarta as the most spoken First Nations languages. Among residents who speak another language at home, a First Nations language is the choice of 54 per cent of them.
- 01590+20.9%
- 02154+161%
- 03102-5.6%
- 0454-80.5%
- 0516
- 0616
- 0713-27.8%
- 0811+83.3%
- 099+12.5%
- 106-68.4%
The ABS’s own post-enumeration survey found the census missed a much larger share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people than of the population overall, so counts here are best read as a floor.
How different is East Pilbara from Australia as a whole?
East Pilbara's share is below the national share. That puts East Pilbara in the upper half of Western Australia's councils.
- East Pilbara
- 19.0%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Western Australia
- 17.3%
Same method throughout, so the gap between the bars is the real gap.
How do East Pilbara's languages rank?
Speakers at home, with the change since 2016. Broad ABS categories such as "Chinese, nfd" count towards the totals but aren't listed, so the shares can add up to more than the languages shown.
- 01590+20.9%
- 02154+161%
- 03102-5.6%
- 04102-7.3%
- 0594+77.4%
- 0656+9.8%
- 0754-80.5%
- 0841+24.2%
- 0937+32.1%
- 10340%
What languages from overseas are spoken in East Pilbara?
These lead among languages from overseas.
Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languagesLEXIGO works in multicultural communication. First Nations languages are optional to display and are not counted in the multicultural rankings.
Where in East Pilbara is English least common at home?
The 6 suburbs differ only a little, with Telfer highest.
Pick a suburb to see its languages in full.
- Gibson Desert NorthLed by Pintupi95%248
- JigalongLed by Martu Wangka90%253
- Marble BarLed by Nyangumarta38%130
- TelferLed by Martu Wangka35%223
- NullagineLed by Martu Wangka14%243
- NewmanLed by Filipino12%723
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 6 suburbs listed.
Where is East Pilbara on the language map?
East Pilbara on the Language Map, shaded for residents who speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home (ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries). View all councils.
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: 19.0% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 2,339 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 43.4%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 25.1%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
Figures for East Pilbara itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.
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