We are Upper Gascoyne

7 per cent.

7 in every 100 Upper Gascoyne residents speak a language other than English at home. 11 people, in 4 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
154
Speak another language
11
Languages at home
4
Growth since last census
−31.3%

Most of us speak English at home. 11 of us do not, across 4 languages, most often Swahili, Wajarri and Martu Wangka. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.

In Western Australia

#50

of 137 Western Australia councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #200 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Swahili

4 speakers

Swahili is spoken by 4 of our residents at home, 2.6% of Upper Gascoyne.

Wajarri

4 speakers

Wajarri is spoken by 4 of our residents at home, 2.6% of Upper Gascoyne.

Martu Wangka

3 speakers

Martu Wangka is spoken by 3 of our residents at home, 1.9% of Upper Gascoyne.

The languages of Upper Gascoyne

4 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 3 most spoken languages in Upper Gascoyne, covering 11 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. 01
    Swahili
    4
  2. 02
    Wajarri
    4-66.7%
  3. 03
    Martu Wangka
    3
  4. 04
    German
    0-100%

Why we publish this

7.1% 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. 11 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

5.0% of us were born overseas, across 6 countries.

  1. 01
    New Zealand
    4
  2. 02
    South Africa
    4
  3. 03
    England
    0-100%
  4. 04
    Germany
    0-100%
  5. 05
    Scotland
    0-100%
  6. 06
    Czech Republic
    0-100%

What we believe

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

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    86-41.1%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    58-18.3%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 2 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Upper Gascoyne 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

Upper Gascoyne
7.1%
Western Australia
17.3%
Australia
21.3%

7.1% of Upper Gascoyne 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. 7.1% is 11 residents as a share of all 154 of us. A further 9 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 13.0%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 7.6%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Upper Gascoyne, 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 Upper Gascoyne 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 Upper Gascoyne.