Malay
241 speakers
About 1.6 per cent of all residents.
Port Hedland, Western Australia
Languages spoken in Port Hedland
Port Hedland has no single dominant second language: one in eight residents spoke a language other than English at home at the 2021 Census, Malay most often. Tagalog is close behind, within a fifth of the leader's total. Port Hedland's share is under the national share, though not by much.
- Residents
- 15,381
- Speak another language
- 1,997
- Languages at home
- 82
- Change since 2016
- +16.5%
Which languages lead in Port Hedland?
Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languagesLEXIGO works in multicultural communication. First Nations languages are optional to display and are not counted in the multicultural rankings.
Where does Port Hedland land against the City of Perth?
In the City of Perth, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Port Hedland is 24th among Western Australia councils.
- Port Hedland
- 13.0%
- City of Perth
- 33.5%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
How does Port Hedland's language list break down?
The chip beside each count is the change since 2016. Totals include broad ABS categories like "Chinese, nfd" that the list leaves out.
How big is each language community in Port Hedland?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
What's the fastest-growing language in Port Hedland?
Fastest-growing language
Tagalog
+7.7% since 2016
Tagalog has held steady since 2016, the steepest rise of any language that had 150 or more speakers in 2016.
How do Port Hedland's suburbs compare?
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- South HedlandLed by Malay14%1,570
- PippingarraLed by Nyangumarta12%38
- Port HedlandLed by Thai10%383
- WedgefieldLed by Filipino4%6
- 4 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Where were Port Hedland's residents born?
Among residents born overseas, New Zealand leads.
Country of birth
18.4% born overseas, across 57 countries.
- 01New Zealand808+1.1%
- 02Philippines454+26.5%
- 03England290-4.6%
- 04India204+75.9%
- 05South Africa193+4.9%
- 06Zimbabwe105+6.1%
- 07Thailand88+54.4%
- 08Indonesia87+77.6%
- 09China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)58+115%
- 10Scotland47+46.9%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs6,877+41.6%
- 02Christianity5,155-15.3%
- 03Islam473+4.2%
- 04Buddhism203+25.3%
- 05Hinduism180+97.8%
- 06Judaism7+75.0%
Where is Port Hedland on the language map?
Darker shading means more residents speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home. ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Open the national map.
Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.
13.0% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 2,512 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 29.3%; among respondents alone it's 15.5%.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
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