Afrikaans
602 speakers
Afrikaans is spoken by 602 of our residents at home, 0.7% of Mandurah.
We are Mandurah
6 per cent.
6 in every 100 Mandurah residents speak a language other than English at home. 5,225 people, in 100 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 89,389
- Speak another language
- 5,225
- Languages at home
- 100
- Growth since last census
- +14.7%
Most of us speak English at home. 5,225 of us do not, across 100 languages, most often Afrikaans, Tagalog and Filipino. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In Western Australia
#57
of 137 Western Australia councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #224 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Tagalog
405 speakers
Tagalog is spoken by 405 of our residents at home, 0.5% of Mandurah.
Filipino
332 speakers
Filipino is spoken by 332 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Mandurah.
The languages of Mandurah
100 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.
- 01602+12.9%
- 02405+38.2%
- 03332+33.3%
- 04276+29.6%
- 05240-12.4%
- 06188-25.1%
- 07184+36.3%
- 08179+0.6%
- 09158+58.0%
- 10146+143%
Fastest-growing among us
Tagalog
+38.2% since last census
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. 5,225 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.
Tagalog grew 38.2% since the last census, to 405 speakers. A community growing at that rate is one whose translation needs are ahead of the last set of figures anyone commissioned.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
25.8% of us were born overseas, across 114 countries.
- 01England10,177+11.8%
- 02New Zealand3,355+5.1%
- 03South Africa1,499+13.6%
- 04Scotland1,124+9.6%
- 05Philippines1,121+35.9%
- 06India615+13.9%
- 07Ireland419-8.3%
- 08Wales386+11.2%
- 09Germany374+20.3%
- 10Netherlands360-10.9%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Mandurah at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs41,554+54.1%
- 02Christianity39,541-10.5%
- 03Buddhism832-11.1%
- 04Hinduism506+38.6%
- 05Islam333+39.3%
- 06Judaism16+6.7%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 17 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- Lakelands (WA)Top language — Afrikaans10%631
- Meadow SpringsTop language — Afrikaans10%915
- MandurahTop language — Punjabi7%594
- Dudley Park (WA)Top language — Afrikaans6%395
- Parklands (WA)Top language — Afrikaans5%33
- Halls HeadTop language — Afrikaans5%745
- GreenfieldsTop language — Tagalog5%508
- Madora BayTop language — Afrikaans5%196
- CoodanupTop language — Tagalog5%206
- Erskine (WA)Top language — Afrikaans5%255
- DawesvilleTop language — Afrikaans4%318
- WannanupTop language — Thai4%172
- BouvardTop language — French4%36
- HerronTop language — German4%17
- San Remo (WA)Top language — Swedish3%29
- Silver SandsTop language — Italian3%37
- FalconTop language — Afrikaans3%138
- 17 suburbs in Mandurah. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Mandurah 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
- Mandurah
- 5.8%
- Western Australia
- 17.3%
- Australia
- 21.3%
5.8% of Mandurah 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. 5.8% is 5,225 residents as a share of all 89,389 of us. A further 5,363 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 11.8%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 6.2%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Mandurah, 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 Mandurah 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.
Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Mandurah.