Malayalam
15 speakers
It has grown by about three quarters since 2016.
Wongan-Ballidu, Western Australia
Languages spoken in Wongan-Ballidu
Only 53 people in Wongan-Ballidu speak a language other than English at home, the 2021 Census shows. Malayalam is the one heard most. The rest are smaller communities, below one in 100 residents each. The national share is more than twice as high as Wongan-Ballidu's.
- Residents
- 1,306
- Speak another language
- 53
- Languages at home
- 8
- Change since 2016
- +12.8%
What languages besides English do people speak in Wongan-Ballidu?
Malayalam is the largest, and at least one language here reaches one in 100 residents.
How far is Wongan-Ballidu from the City of Perth on languages?
In the City of Perth, the share speaking another language is more than double. Wongan-Ballidu is 69th of 137 across Western Australia.
- Wongan-Ballidu
- 4.1%
- City of Perth
- 33.5%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.
Compare Wongan-Ballidu with every council on the diversity index.
Which parts of Wongan-Ballidu are most multilingual?
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- Wongan HillsLed by Malayalam5%49
- West BalliduLed by Filipino2%4
- 2 suburbs in Wongan-Ballidu. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
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.
The headline 4.1% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 99 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 11.6%, while measuring only those who answered gives 4.4%.
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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