Esperance, Esperance

Languages spoken in Esperance

Almost every home in Esperance speaks English only. The 2021 Census counted 79 people using another language, most often Afrikaans. Every other language is spoken by fewer than one in 100 residents. The largest group born overseas is from England.

Residents
2,045
Speak another language
3.9%+12.9%
Languages spoken
11
Born overseas
15.1%

What languages do people in Esperance speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Afrikaans
    13+333%
  2. 02
    Sinhalese
    13+117%
  3. 03
    Thai
    12+300%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese
    11
  5. 05
    Filipino
    7+133%
  6. 06
    Russian
    6
  7. 07
    Bengali
    4-33.3%
  8. 08
    German
    4-20.0%
  9. 09
    Cantonese
    3
  10. 10
    Gujarati
    3-50.0%

Is Esperance more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for Australia as a whole.

Esperance
3.9%
Western Australia
17.3%
Australia
21.3%

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

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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