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Languages spoken in South Hedland
14.4% of South Hedland residents speak a language other than English at home, across 60 languages (ABS Census 2021).
10,877
Residents
14.4%
+23.2%Speak a language other than English
60
Languages spoken
19.1%
+23.9%Born overseas
Most spoken languages
Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.
- 01Malay232-5.7%
- 02Tagalog183+7.0%
- 03Filipino127+21.0%
- 04Gujarati84+265%
- 05Indonesian79+36.2%
- 06Afrikaans65-13.3%
- 07Thai65+103%
- 08Vietnamese46+360%
- 09Mandarin43-8.5%
- 10Tongan41+32.3%
Where residents were born
19.1% born overseas, across 42 countries.
- 01New Zealand591+8.2%
- 02Philippines384+25.1%
- 03England178+26.2%
- 04India165+126%
- 05South Africa132+20.0%
- 06Indonesia84+147%
- 07Zimbabwe64-3.0%
- 08Thailand63+61.5%
- 09China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)35+119%
- 10Sri Lanka330%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation in South Hedland at the 2021 Census.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs4,735+51.8%
- 02Christianity3,613-7.3%
- 03Islam436+3.3%
- 04Buddhism155+36.0%
- 05Hinduism152+114%
- 06Judaism4
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