Narrogin, Western Australia

Languages spoken in Narrogin

The 2021 Census found about 380 people in Narrogin speaking a language other than English at home, with Filipino and Tagalog the largest groups. Tagalog is close behind, within a fifth of the leader's total. The share across Western Australia is at least twice Narrogin's.

Residents
4,724
Speak another language
383
Languages at home
45
Change since 2016
+66.5%

What are the three biggest languages after English in Narrogin?

Filipino, Tagalog and Afrikaans are the three largest.

Filipino

64 speakers

It has more than doubled since 2016.

Tagalog

59 speakers

Its speaker count has grown by more than half since 2016.

Afrikaans

58 speakers

The community has more than doubled since 2016.

Which five languages lead in Narrogin, and how have they changed?

Overall, the multilingual share has grown fast since 2016.

Five rows to start: the languages with the most speakers, and how each has changed since 2016.

  1. 0164+146%
  2. 0259+51.3%
  3. 0358+142%
  4. 0420
  5. 0515-16.7%

Where does Narrogin sit against the City of Perth?

In the City of Perth, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Narrogin is 34th among Western Australia councils.

Narrogin
8.1%
City of Perth
33.5%
Western Australia
17.3%

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

Find Narrogin on the diversity index.

How does the share change across Narrogin's suburbs?

Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.

Which countries are Narrogin's overseas-born residents from?

England is the most common overseas birthplace.

Country of birth

14.8% born overseas, across 33 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    180-14.7%
  2. 02
    Philippines
    121+33.0%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    96+2.1%
  4. 04
    South Africa
    83+66.0%
  5. 05
    India
    34+21.4%
  6. 06
    Germany
    22-18.5%
  7. 07
    Vanuatu
    22
  8. 08
    Italy
    13+160%
  9. 09
    Malaysia
    11+22.2%
  10. 10
    Scotland
    110%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    2,233-23.6%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,889+25.7%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    20-28.6%
  4. 04
    Islam
    19+171%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    14-61.1%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    3

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.

8.1% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 498 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 18.6%; among respondents alone it's 9.1%.

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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