Italian
19 speakers
It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Merredin, Western Australia
Languages spoken in Merredin
Italian is the most common language after English in Merredin, though only 97 people speak anything other than English at home, the 2021 Census found. On its own, no other language reaches one in 100. The national share is more than twice as high as Merredin's.
- Residents
- 3,062
- Speak another language
- 97
- Languages at home
- 23
- Change since 2016
- −52.7%
Which languages are heard at home in Merredin?
Small as they are, Italian, Tagalog and Shona are the largest.
Where does Merredin sit against the City of Perth?
The share for the City of Perth is more than twice as high as Merredin's. Among Western Australia councils, Merredin ranks 77th.
- Merredin
- 3.2%
- City of Perth
- 33.5%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Which suburbs of Merredin have the most speakers of other languages?
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- MerredinLed by Italian3%89
- Hines HillLed by French2%4
- GoomarinLed by Italian2%4
- 3 suburbs in Merredin. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
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.
Other sources sometimes quote 14.7% for Merredin. That figure treats the 354 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 3.2%, and 3.6% is the share among those who answered.
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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