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Fremantle, Western Australia

Fremantle's multilingual community

At the 2021 Census, one in nine residents in Fremantle spoke a language other than English at home, most often Italian. Just four languages are spoken by at least one in 100 people. Australia as a whole sits a little above Fremantle.

Residents
31,476
Speak another language
3,653
Languages at home
81
Change since 2016
−1.8%

Who speaks another language at home in Fremantle?

Italian is the largest, and at least one language here reaches one in 100 residents.

Italian

1,029 speakers

About 3.3 per cent of all residents.

French

342 speakers

Spoken at home by 1.1 per cent of residents.

German

340 speakers

It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Which languages make up most of Fremantle's multilingual community?

The quickest growth among the five is Spanish, which has grown by more than half.

The five largest languages other than English, with the change since 2016. The full list is one click away.

  1. 01
    Italian
    1,029-21.3%
  2. 02
    French
    342+19.2%
  3. 03
    German
    340+30.8%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    326+58.3%
  5. 05
    Portuguese
    229-3.8%

How does Fremantle compare with the City of Perth?

The share for the City of Perth is more than twice as high as Fremantle's. Among 137 councils in Western Australia, Fremantle is 21st.

Fremantle
11.6%
City of Perth
33.5%
Australia
21.3%

Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.

Compare Fremantle with every council on the diversity index.

How does the share change across Fremantle's suburbs?

With 8 suburbs, there isn't a big gap between them; White Gum Valley leads.

The suburb names link through to their own figures.

What do birthplace and religion add in Fremantle?

Among residents born overseas, England leads.

Country of birth

27.1% born overseas, across 94 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    2,722+7.0%
  2. 02
    Italy
    757-16.1%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    693+1.0%
  4. 04
    Scotland
    389+27.1%
  5. 05
    Germany
    327+51.4%
  6. 06
    United States of America
    305+51.0%
  7. 07
    Ireland
    298+2.1%
  8. 08
    South Africa
    294+9.7%
  9. 09
    France
    231+48.1%
  10. 10
    Canada
    201+59.5%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    17,492+39.5%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    10,863-8.2%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    403-8.2%
  4. 04
    Islam
    184+28.7%
  5. 05
    Judaism
    96+29.7%
  6. 06
    Hinduism
    93-1.1%

Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.

11.6% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 1,965 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 17.8%; among respondents alone it's 12.4%.

Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.

Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.

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