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We are Upper Lachlan

We are Upper Lachlan.

Home to one of the larger Italian-speaking communities in New South Wales, and 21 other language communities besides.

Our population
8,445
Speak another language
872
Languages at home
15+
Growth since last census
+108.9%
22 languages are spoken at home in Upper Lachlan. Italian leads (19 speakers), with German close behind (14). 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 Italian at home
19
Our largest community language, Italian, is spoken by 0.2% of Upper Lachlan residents at home.
What makes our community ours
Italian
19 speakers

19 speakers, 0.2% of Upper Lachlan.

German
14 speakers

14 speakers, 0.2% of Upper Lachlan. +180% since 2021.

French
13 speakers

13 speakers, 0.2% of Upper Lachlan.

The languages of Upper Lachlan

22 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.

Italian
19 · 0.0%
German
14 · +180.0%
French
13 · 0.0%
Nepali
12 · 0.0%
Spanish
12 · +200.0%
Greek
11 · +37.5%
Cantonese
11 · +57.1%
Arabic
9 · +200.0%
Dutch
8 · +166.7%
Mandarin
7 · +40.0%
Swedish
7 · 0.0%
Russian
4 · 0.0%
Tamil
4 · 0.0%
Thai
4 · 0.0%
Croatian
4 · 0.0%
GROWTH ≥ 50%
≥ 20%
≥ 5%
≥ 0%
≥ -10%
DECLINING
  1. 01
    Italian19 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    German14 · 0.2%
    180.0%
  3. 03
    French13 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Nepali12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Spanish12 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  6. 06
    Greek11 · 0.1%
    37.5%
  7. 07
    Cantonese11 · 0.1%
    57.1%
  8. 08
    Arabic9 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  9. 09
    Dutch8 · 0.1%
    166.7%
  10. 10
    Mandarin7 · 0.1%
    40.0%
  11. 11
    Swedish7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Russian4 · 0.0%
    0.0%
Fastest-growing among us
Spanish
+200.0% 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
Upper Lachlan
10.3%
New South Wales
31.4%
Australia
27.3%

10.3% of Upper Lachlan 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.