Spanish
27 speakers
About 2.7 per cent of all residents.
Shark Bay, Western Australia
Languages spoken in Shark Bay
The 2021 Census counted one in 15 residents in Shark Bay using a language other than English at home, and Spanish tops that list. The rest are smaller communities, below one in 100 residents each. In the City of Perth, a language other than English is at least twice as common.
- Residents
- 1,002
- Speak another language
- 68
- Languages at home
- 13
- Change since 2016
- +65.9%
Who speaks another language at home in Shark Bay?
Spanish, French and Vietnamese are the three largest.
French
8 speakers
Spoken at home by 0.8 per cent of residents.
Vietnamese
8 speakers
That's fewer than one in 100 residents.
Which languages make up most of Shark Bay's multilingual community?
The community as a whole is more than a quarter larger than in 2016.
The five largest languages other than English, with the change since 2016. The full list is one click away.
- 0127
- 028
- 038
- 046
- 055
How does Shark Bay compare with Australia as a whole?
Nationally, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Among 137 councils in Western Australia, Shark Bay is 43rd.
- Shark Bay
- 6.8%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- City of Perth
- 33.5%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
How does the share change across Shark Bay's suburbs?
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- Shark BayLed by Spanish17%52
- DenhamLed by French2%16
- 2 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Where were Shark Bay's residents born?
Among residents born overseas, England leads.
Country of birth
12.9% born overseas, across 16 countries.
- 01England470%
- 02New Zealand14-12.5%
- 03France7
- 04Indonesia7
- 05Philippines4-73.3%
- 06South Africa4+33.3%
- 07Bhutan3
- 08Switzerland3
- 09Germany0-100%
- 10Greece0-100%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs493+35.4%
- 02Christianity328-28.9%
- 03Buddhism16+433%
- 04Hinduism0-100%
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.
Other sources sometimes quote 24.6% for Shark Bay. That figure treats the 178 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 6.8%, and 8.3% 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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