Gnowangerup · Suburb / Locality

Language in Gnowangerup

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary language for the vast majority of people in Gnowangerup, where 80.8% speak only English at home. While 10.9% of residents use another language, this is much higher than in most similar areas despite being well below the state and national figures.

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📍 Gnowangerup, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 10.9% of the population speaks a language other than English, with Tagalog being the most common non-English tongue at 2.8%. Notably, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.

10.9% ▲ +832.5%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 8.4%
  • 2021: 10.9%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.

Language used at home

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In Gnowangerup, English only is the majority at 97%; Tagalog is next at 3%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Gnowangerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50564/gnowangerup/topic/language