Jerramungup, Western Australia

Which languages are spoken in Jerramungup?

Only one in 30 residents in Jerramungup speak a language other than English at home, the 2021 Census shows. Afrikaans is the one heard most. Just two languages are spoken by at least one in 100 people. Nationally, a language other than English is at least twice as common.

Residents
1,153
Speak another language
39
Languages at home
6
Change since 2016
+178.6%

Which languages are heard at home in Jerramungup?

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

Afrikaans

18 speakers

About 1.6 per cent of all residents.

German

13 speakers

Between the last two censuses it has more than tripled.

Italian

5 speakers

That's fewer than one in 100 residents.

How does Jerramungup compare with the City of Perth?

In the City of Perth, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Among Western Australia councils, Jerramungup ranks 75th.

Jerramungup
3.4%
City of Perth
33.5%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.

Compare Jerramungup with every council on the diversity index.

How even is Jerramungup from suburb to suburb?

Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.

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.

The headline 3.4% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 103 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 12.3%, while measuring only those who answered gives 3.7%.

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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