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We are Nambucca Valley

We are Nambucca Valley.

Home to one of the larger Punjabi-speaking communities in New South Wales, and 38 other language communities besides.

Our population
20,271
Speak another language
2,102
Languages at home
15+
Growth since last census
+335.6%
39 languages are spoken at home in Nambucca Valley. Punjabi leads (63 speakers), with Nepali close behind (47). 10 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 Punjabi at home
63
Our largest community language, Punjabi, is spoken by 0.3% of Nambucca Valley residents at home.
What makes our community ours
Punjabi
63 speakers

63 speakers, 0.3% of Nambucca Valley. +800% since 2021.

Nepali
47 speakers

47 speakers, 0.2% of Nambucca Valley. +1467% since 2021.

German
46 speakers

46 speakers, 0.2% of Nambucca Valley. +77% since 2021.

The languages of Nambucca Valley

39 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.

Punjabi
63 · +800.0%
Nepali
47 · +1466.7%
German
46 · +76.9%
Gumbaynggir
42 · +121.1%
French
30 · -21.1%
Italian
26 · +136.4%
Auslan
19 · +216.7%
Malayalam
16 · +100.0%
Spanish
16 · -27.3%
Russian
15 · +275.0%
Dutch
15 · +36.4%
Cantonese
15 · +275.0%
Indonesian
14 · +366.7%
Thai
14 · +16.7%
Greek
13 · +62.5%
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    Punjabi63 · 0.3%
    800.0%
  2. 02
    Nepali47 · 0.2%
    1466.7%
  3. 03
    German46 · 0.2%
    76.9%
  4. 04
    Gumbaynggir42 · 0.2%
    121.1%
  5. 05
    French30 · 0.1%
    21.1%
  6. 06
    Italian26 · 0.1%
    136.4%
  7. 07
    Auslan19 · 0.1%
    216.7%
  8. 08
    Malayalam16 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  9. 09
    Spanish16 · 0.1%
    27.3%
  10. 10
    Russian15 · 0.1%
    275.0%
  11. 11
    Dutch15 · 0.1%
    36.4%
  12. 12
    Cantonese15 · 0.1%
    275.0%
Fastest-growing among us
Nepali
+1466.7% 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
Nambucca Valley
10.4%
New South Wales
31.4%
Australia
27.3%

10.4% of Nambucca Valley 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.