Afrikaans
953 speakers
Spoken at home by 0.7 per cent of residents.
Rockingham, Western Australia
The languages of Rockingham beyond English
Most of Rockingham speaks English at home, but 7.1 per cent of residents don't, the 2021 Census shows, and Afrikaans leads among them. Every language other than English sits below one in 100 residents. The share for Western Australia is more than twice as high as Rockingham's.
- Residents
- 133,432
- Speak another language
- 9,524
- Languages at home
- 119
- Change since 2016
- +16.6%
Which languages other than English are spoken most in Rockingham?
Afrikaans has the most speakers, though every group here is small.
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What are Rockingham's five largest language communities?
Punjabi has grown by more than half since 2016.
The largest five communities, beside their change on the previous census.
How big is Rockingham's multilingual community next to Australia as a whole?
The share nationally is at least twice Rockingham's. Rockingham ranks 39th in Western Australia, in the top half.
- Rockingham
- 7.1%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Western Australia
- 17.3%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
Where in Rockingham is a language other than English most common?
Baldivis tops the list, but the spread across 14 suburbs is narrow.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- BaldivisLed by Afrikaans10%3,732
- Rockingham (WA)Led by Serbian8%1,243
- CooloongupLed by Mandarin8%503
- WaikikiLed by Afrikaans8%937
- HillmanLed by Tagalog7%123
- Port KennedyLed by Afrikaans6%778
- Shoalwater (WA)Led by German6%245
- WarnbroLed by Thai6%594
- Golden BayLed by Afrikaans5%261
- Secret HarbourLed by Afrikaans4%535
- Safety BayLed by Thai4%328
- KarnupLed by Maori (New Zealand)4%86
- Singleton (WA)Led by Afrikaans4%159
- Peron0%0
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 14 suburbs in all.
Where were Rockingham's residents born?
The largest group born overseas comes from England.
Country of birth
28.8% born overseas, across 133 countries.
- 01England16,7030%
- 02New Zealand6,570-2.5%
- 03South Africa2,506+10.0%
- 04Scotland2,177-4.1%
- 05Philippines1,362+21.6%
- 06India944+23.2%
- 07Ireland678+9.5%
- 08Zimbabwe592+19.4%
- 09Germany512+25.5%
- 10Wales498-3.1%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs68,417+46.6%
- 02Christianity53,021-14.5%
- 03Buddhism1,214+2.2%
- 04Islam842+38.9%
- 05Hinduism760+35.7%
- 06Judaism15-16.7%
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.
How the headline share is counted: 7.1% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 7,490 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 12.8%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 7.6%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.
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