14.5% ▲ +43.5%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Hedland · Urban Area
Language in Port Hedland
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Well below the national figure, only 14.5% of people in Port Hedland use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it shows a significant gap compared to the wider state and country. The use of other languages has risen by 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 69.6% of residents, with Tagalog being the most common non-English tongue at 1.4%. Only 1.1% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the state and national totals.
1.1% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Port Hedland
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Port Hedland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5010/port-hedland/topic/language