Afrikaans
286 speakers
Afrikaans is spoken by 286 of our residents at home, 0.7% of Greater Geraldton.
We are Greater Geraldton
6 per cent.
6 in every 100 Greater Geraldton residents speak a language other than English at home. 2,533 people, in 74 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 39,192
- Speak another language
- 2,533
- Languages at home
- 74
- Growth since last census
- +3.8%
Most of us speak English at home. 2,533 of us do not, across 74 languages, most often Afrikaans, Malay and Tagalog. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Western Australia
#56
of 137 Western Australia councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #212 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Malay
281 speakers
Malay is spoken by 281 of our residents at home, 0.7% of Greater Geraldton.
Tagalog
199 speakers
Tagalog is spoken by 199 of our residents at home, 0.5% of Greater Geraldton.
The languages of Greater Geraldton
74 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.
Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Every language, in order
Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.
Why we publish this
6.5% of us
We share this portrait because a council below the Western Australia average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 2,533 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
12.5% of us were born overseas, across 76 countries.
- 01England1,466-7.7%
- 02New Zealand698-5.5%
- 03South Africa474-1.5%
- 04Philippines472-0.8%
- 05India212+7.1%
- 06Scotland142-21.1%
- 07Thailand118+59.5%
- 08Vietnam117+98.3%
- 09Germany104-25.2%
- 10Italy98-31.0%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Greater Geraldton at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity17,721-17.7%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs16,387+40.2%
- 03Islam563+5.8%
- 04Buddhism319-1.2%
- 05Hinduism150+5.6%
- 06Judaism4-55.6%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 32 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- WebbertonTop language — Fijian22%37
- WandinaTop language — Malayalam12%511
- BeresfordTop language — Vietnamese10%141
- GeraldtonTop language — Filipino9%304
- WalkawayTop language — Vietnamese9%23
- Sunset BeachTop language — Malay8%130
- Bluff PointTop language — Malay8%115
- Mount TarcoolaTop language — Malay7%220
- BeachlandsTop language — Filipino7%92
- Glenfield (WA)Top language — Afrikaans7%66
- Tarcoola BeachTop language — Cantonese6%86
- Mahomets FlatsTop language — Tagalog6%45
- TenindewaTop language — German6%9
- WonthellaTop language — Tagalog5%92
- PindarTop language — Wajarri5%4
- Spalding (WA)Top language — Malay5%103
- UtakarraTop language — Tagalog5%74
- Cape BurneyTop language — Afrikaans5%25
- Strathalbyn (WA)Top language — Malayalam5%54
- MullewaTop language — Malayalam4%14
- DeepdaleTop language — Vietnamese4%45
- KarlooTop language — Malay4%20
- Drummond CoveTop language — Wajarri4%64
- RangewayTop language — Malay4%68
- Moresby (WA)Top language — Afrikaans4%34
- WaggrakineTop language — Wajarri4%96
- GreenoughTop language — Khmer3%12
- NarnguluTop language — Japanese3%13
- BringoTop language — German2%4
- WoorreeTop language — Afrikaans2%25
- West End (WA)Top language — Tagalog1%4
- MoonyoonookaTop language — Italian1%3
- 32 suburbs in Greater Geraldton. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Greater Geraldton shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.
In context
- Greater Geraldton
- 6.5%
- Western Australia
- 17.3%
- Australia
- 21.3%
6.5% of Greater Geraldton residents speak a language other than English at home, against 17.3% for Western Australia and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.
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.
How the headline share is counted. 6.5% is 2,533 residents as a share of all 39,192 of us. A further 3,916 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 16.5%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 7.2%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Greater Geraldton, it is almost certainly one of those two.
Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Greater Geraldton figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.
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