We are Plantagenet

6 per cent.

6 in every 100 Plantagenet residents speak a language other than English at home. 310 people, in 29 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
5,383
Speak another language
310
Languages at home
29
Growth since last census
+24.0%

Most of us speak English at home. 310 of us do not, across 29 languages, most often Hazaraghi, German 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

#59

of 137 Western Australia councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #229 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Hazaraghi

83 speakers

Hazaraghi is spoken by 83 of our residents at home, 1.5% of Plantagenet.

German

24 speakers

German is spoken by 24 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Plantagenet.

Filipino

23 speakers

Filipino is spoken by 23 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Plantagenet.

The languages of Plantagenet

29 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
The 18 most spoken languages in Plantagenet, covering 282 speakers. Area is speakers at the 2021 Census; tint is the change since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

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.

  1. 0183+1.2%
  2. 0224-11.1%
  3. 0323+475%
  4. 0422-40.5%
  5. 0517+113%
  6. 0616+77.8%
  7. 0716-30.4%
  8. 0811+83.3%
  9. 0910+233%
  10. 109

Why we publish this

5.8% of us

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. 310 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.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

17.9% of us were born overseas, across 36 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    384+6.7%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    125+28.9%
  3. 03
    Afghanistan
    87+1.2%
  4. 04
    South Africa
    56+16.7%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    49+123%
  6. 06
    Scotland
    39+5.4%
  7. 07
    Germany
    38+31.0%
  8. 08
    Netherlands
    26+23.8%
  9. 09
    Kenya
    15-28.6%
  10. 10
    United States of America
    15+25.0%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Plantagenet at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,573+35.9%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    1,899-18.1%
  3. 03
    Islam
    117+27.2%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    150%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    6+20.0%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 6 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Plantagenet 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

Plantagenet
5.8%
Western Australia
17.3%
Australia
21.3%

5.8% of Plantagenet 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 310 residents as a share of all 5,383 of us. A further 634 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 17.5%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 6.5%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Plantagenet, 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 Plantagenet 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 Plantagenet.