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We are Inverell

We are Inverell.

Home to one of the larger Fijian-speaking communities in New South Wales, and 35 other language communities besides.

Our population
17,440
Speak another language
2,239
Languages at home
15+
Growth since last census
+157.4%
36 languages are spoken at home in Inverell. Fijian leads (71 speakers), with Portuguese close behind (61). 13 per cent of us speak a language other than English at home. That is the measure of a community that has not left its languages behind.
speak Fijian at home
71
Our largest community language, Fijian, is spoken by 0.4% of Inverell residents at home.
What makes our community ours
Fijian
71 speakers

71 speakers, 0.4% of Inverell. +545% since 2021.

Portuguese
61 speakers

61 speakers, 0.3% of Inverell. +281% since 2021.

Tagalog
53 speakers

53 speakers, 0.3% of Inverell. -35% since 2021.

The languages of Inverell

36 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.

Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.

Fijian
71 · +545.5%
Portuguese
61 · +281.3%
Tagalog
53 · -34.6%
Mandarin
49 · +172.2%
Filipino
45 · -6.3%
Vietnamese
28 · +12.0%
Thai
23 · +64.3%
Malayalam
19 · +35.7%
Samoan
15 · 0.0%
Malay
15 · 0.0%
Arabic
14 · +133.3%
Hindi
14 · +133.3%
German
12 · -52.0%
Punjabi
12 · +300.0%
Cantonese
12 · +200.0%
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    Fijian71 · 0.4%
    545.5%
  2. 02
    Portuguese61 · 0.3%
    281.3%
  3. 03
    Tagalog53 · 0.3%
    34.6%
  4. 04
    Mandarin49 · 0.3%
    172.2%
  5. 05
    Filipino45 · 0.3%
    6.3%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese28 · 0.2%
    12.0%
  7. 07
    Thai23 · 0.1%
    64.3%
  8. 08
    Malayalam19 · 0.1%
    35.7%
  9. 09
    Samoan15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Malay15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Arabic14 · 0.1%
    133.3%
  12. 12
    Hindi14 · 0.1%
    133.3%
Fastest-growing among us
Fijian
+545.5% since last census

We publish this so our residents can see themselves counted, and so the agencies, funders and neighbours who serve us can see who we actually serve. Language access is not a translation line-item in our budget. It is how an emergency notice reaches a grandparent, how an enrolment form is understood, and how a health campaign actually lands in the suburbs that make up our council.

Our suburbs
Where we are
In context
Inverell
12.8%
New South Wales
31.4%
Australia
27.3%

12.8% of Inverell residents speak a language other than English at home, against 31.4% for New South Wales and 27.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 census.