Menzies, Western Australia

The languages of Menzies

In Menzies, 13 per cent of residents speak a First Nations language at home, the 2021 Census found, led by Pitjantjatjara and Wangkatha. The one-in-100 mark is passed by only three languages. Menzies' share is well under the share for the City of Perth.

Residents
507
Speak another language
77
Languages at home
6
Change since 2016
−56.3%

Which First Nations languages are spoken in Menzies?

After Pitjantjatjara, the most common are Wangkatha and Ngaanyatjarra. Of everyone speaking a language other than English, First Nations speakers make up 86 per cent of them.

  1. 0145-69.6%
  2. 0221+31.3%

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 does Menzies' language picture differ from Western Australia?

Menzies is a little under Western Australia. Menzies sits in the lower half of Western Australia's councils, at 101st of 137.

Menzies
15.2%
Western Australia
17.3%
City of Perth
33.5%

Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.

Menzies' place on the diversity index.

Which languages have the most speakers in Menzies, First Nations included?

Counts are people who speak the language at home; the chip is their change since 2016. Catch-all ABS groups aren't listed.

  1. 0145-69.6%
  2. 0221+31.3%
  3. 037
  4. 044+33.3%
  5. 050-100%
  6. 060-100%

Which other languages are spoken in Menzies?

These are the largest multicultural languages here.

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Tagalog

7 speakers

Spoken at home by 1.4 per cent of residents.

Afrikaans

4 speakers

It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

How do the localities of Menzies compare?

Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.

Where is Menzies on the language map?

Shade reflects the share speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home; council boundaries are from the ABS ASGS 2021. Explore the full Language Map.

Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.

A note on method: 156 residents didn't state a language, and this page doesn't count them as speaking one. That's why 15.2% sits below the 46.0% you'd get by counting every blank, and below 21.9% measured across respondents only.

People with no usual address fall outside any suburb, which is why the national figure here is a fraction under the ABS one. The council figures aren't affected.

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