We are Wiluna

21 per cent.

Nearly 21 in every 100 Wiluna residents speak a language other than English at home. It is among the highest shares of any council in Western Australia.

Our population
521
Speak another language
109
Languages at home
8
Growth since last census
−44.9%

One in 5 of us speaks a language other than English at home: 109 people, most often Martu Wangka, Fijian and Tagalog. That is not a fringe of the community. It is a standing share of every audience anyone here is trying to reach.

In Western Australia

#13

of 137 Western Australia councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #96 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Martu Wangka

93 speakers

Martu Wangka is spoken by 93 of our residents at home, 17.9% of Wiluna.

Fijian

7 speakers

Fijian is spoken by 7 of our residents at home, 1.3% of Wiluna.

Tagalog

6 speakers

Tagalog is spoken by 6 of our residents at home, 1.2% of Wiluna.

The languages of Wiluna

8 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 4 most spoken languages in Wiluna, covering 109 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
    Martu Wangka
    93-44.3%
  2. 02
    Fijian
    7-36.4%
  3. 03
    Tagalog
    6
  4. 04
    Vietnamese
    3
  5. 05
    Afrikaans
    0-100%
  6. 06
    Filipino
    0-100%
  7. 07
    Min Nan
    0-100%
  8. 08
    Serbian
    0-100%

Why we publish this

20.9% of us

We share this portrait because Wiluna is, genuinely, not an “average” council. Services designed for the median Western Australia resident arrive here in the wrong language. This almanac exists so that nobody writing policy about us — federal, state, corporate or media — can say they did not know.

Who we are, beyond language

Where we were born

9.9% of us were born overseas, across 15 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    17-54.1%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    10-75.6%
  3. 03
    Fiji
    8-20.0%
  4. 04
    Philippines
    6-33.3%
  5. 05
    South Africa
    4-66.7%
  6. 06
    Malaysia
    3
  7. 07
    Tonga
    3-25.0%
  8. 08
    Canada
    0-100%
  9. 09
    India
    0-100%
  10. 10
    Ireland
    0-100%

What we believe

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

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    193-13.8%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    141-60.3%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    7+133%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    0-100%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 1 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Wiluna 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

Wiluna
20.9%
Western Australia
17.3%
Australia
21.3%

20.9% of Wiluna 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. 20.9% is 109 residents as a share of all 521 of us. A further 183 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 56.0%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 32.2%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Wiluna, 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 Wiluna 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 Wiluna.