Kambalda West · Urban Centre

Language in Kambalda West

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

English is the dominant tongue spoken in Kambalda West, where only 4.6% of people use another language at home. This reflects a community that is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Western Australia.

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📍 Kambalda West, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While more people use a second language here than in most similar areas, the figure has fallen 16 percentage points since 2011. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.2% speaking little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.

4.6% ▼ -77.0%

Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 20.2%
  • 2016: 5.1%
  • 2021: 4.6%

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

0.2% ▼ -53.8%

Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Kambalda West, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 1%.

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 Kambalda West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515018/kambalda-west/topic/language