Tagalog
251 speakers
About 1.1 per cent of all residents.
Karratha, Western Australia
The languages of Karratha
At the 2021 Census, one in nine residents in Karratha spoke a language other than English at home, and Yindjibarndi was the leading First Nations language among them. Tagalog is close behind, within a fifth of the leader's total. Karratha's share is under the national share, though not by much.
- Residents
- 21,840
- Speak another language
- 2,406
- Languages at home
- 90
- Change since 2016
- −3.7%
How many people in Karratha speak a First Nations language?
Yindjibarndi is the largest, followed by Ngarluma and Banyjima. They're the home languages of many people here who don't speak English at home.
- 01306+1.7%
- 0238+22.6%
- 0324+50.0%
- 0422
- 0514+40.0%
- 067
- 075
- 085
- 094
- 1040%
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 Karratha from the City of Perth?
The share for the City of Perth is more than twice as high as Karratha's. Among 137 councils in Western Australia, Karratha is 32nd.
- Karratha
- 11.0%
- 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.
How do Karratha's languages rank?
Ten rows at a time, largest first. Anything the ABS couldn't pin to a single language is counted in the totals, not here.
- 01306+1.7%
- 02251-7.4%
- 03154-27.0%
- 04146+57.0%
- 05128-30.1%
- 06100-25.9%
- 0794+11.9%
- 0866-7.0%
- 0958+152%
- 1057+171%
Which multicultural languages have the most speakers in Karratha?
Of the other languages, these have the most speakers.
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.
Which localities in Karratha have the most speakers of other languages?
The share runs from two in five residents in Roebourne to 3.1 per cent of residents in Dampier.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- RoebourneLed by Yindjibarndi40%273
- Cossack (WA)Led by Yindjibarndi21%64
- Pegs CreekLed by Filipino15%313
- Gap RidgeLed by Hindi13%79
- MardieLed by Mandarin13%81
- Karratha Industrial EstateLed by Tagalog12%20
- Millars WellLed by Tagalog12%238
- Baynton (WA)Led by Tagalog10%446
- NickolLed by Tagalog9%418
- BulgarraLed by Tagalog9%260
- Wickham (WA)Led by Yindjibarndi9%171
- DampierLed by Filipino3%40
- Point SamsonLed by Afrikaans1%3
- 13 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Where is Karratha on the language map?
Karratha 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.
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.
11.0% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 3,845 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 28.6%; among respondents alone it's 13.4%.
National totals here run slightly under ABS published figures, because summing suburbs misses people without a usual address. Broad ABS categories count in the totals but not in the ranked lists.
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