Swahili
4 speakers
That's one in 40 residents.
Upper Gascoyne, Western Australia
The languages of Upper Gascoyne
Wajarri is the most widely spoken First Nations language in Upper Gascoyne, where 11 people speak a language other than English at home, according to the 2021 Census. Wajarri is close behind, within a fifth of the leader's total. The share for the City of Perth is more than twice as high as Upper Gascoyne's.
- Residents
- 154
- Speak another language
- 11
- Languages at home
- 4
- Change since 2016
- −31.3%
How many people in Upper Gascoyne speak a First Nations language?
2 First Nations languages have speakers here, led by Wajarri and Martu Wangka. Together they account for nearly two in three of those who speak a language other than English.
- 014-66.7%
- 023
The ABS’s own post-enumeration survey found the census missed a much larger share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people than of the population overall, so counts here are best read as a floor.
How different is Upper Gascoyne from Australia as a whole?
Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double. Among Western Australia councils, Upper Gascoyne ranks 85th.
- Upper Gascoyne
- 7.1%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- City of Perth
- 33.5%
Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.
What are all the languages spoken in Upper Gascoyne?
Each row is a language and the number who speak it at home, beside its change on 2016. The headline total also includes broad ABS categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which aren't listed here.
- 014
- 024-66.7%
- 033
- 040-100%
Which multicultural languages have the most speakers in Upper Gascoyne?
Beyond First Nations languages, these are the largest.
Which localities in Upper Gascoyne have the most speakers of other languages?
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- Gascoyne RiverLed by Wajarri10%7
- Gascoyne JunctionLed by Swahili5%4
- 2 suburbs in Upper Gascoyne. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where is Upper Gascoyne on the language map?
Upper Gascoyne on the Language Map, shaded for residents who speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home (ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries). View all councils.
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.
7.1% is the share of all residents who reported a language other than English. The 9 who didn't answer aren't counted as speakers. If they were, the share would be 13.0%; among respondents alone it's 7.6%.
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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