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West Busselton · Suburb / Locality

Language in West Busselton

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

English is the dominant tongue for almost everyone in West Busselton, where only 5% of people use another language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Western Australia and the nation.

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📍 West Busselton, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While the use of other languages is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 0.7% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the typical Australian experience.

People using another language at home

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5.0% ▲ +31.2%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.7% ▼ -2.3%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

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 West Busselton, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 90.0% Italian 0.4% Vietnamese 0.3% Tagalog 0.3% Punjabi 0.2% Mandarin 0.1% Cantonese 0.0%

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 West Busselton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51569/west-busselton/topic/language