SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Armidale

29,332 residents · 74+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
19.1%
5,604 people
Growth since last census
+382.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.61× New South Wales avg
0.71× national avg
Population
29,332
CALD residents
5,604
Languages spoken
74
Fastest-growing
+3025%
Narrative

Why this matters

Armidale is home to 29,332 residents. 19.1% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 5,604 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Armidale into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Nepali267 · 0.9%
    71.2%
  2. 02
    Kurdish250 · 0.9%
    3025.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin183 · 0.6%
    39.6%
  4. 04
    Arabic128 · 0.4%
    56.8%
  5. 05
    Punjabi111 · 0.4%
    246.9%
  6. 06
    Bengali110 · 0.4%
    100.0%
  1. 01
    German91 · 0.3%
    6.2%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese81 · 0.3%
    22.7%
  3. 03
    Spanish76 · 0.3%
    31.0%
  4. 04
    Sinhalese74 · 0.3%
    138.7%
  5. 05
    French64 · 0.2%
    1.5%
  6. 06
    Cantonese59 · 0.2%
    1.7%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 81%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 80.9%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 19.1%
Nepali
267 · +71.2%
Kurdish
250 · +3025.0%
Mandarin
183 · -39.6%
Arabic
128 · -56.8%
Punjabi
111 · +246.9%
Bengali
110 · +100.0%
German
91 · -6.2%
Vietnamese
81 · +22.7%
Spanish
76 · +31.0%
Sinhalese
74 · +138.7%
French
64 · -1.5%
Cantonese
59 · +1.7%
Tagalog
56 · +5.7%
Filipino
55 · +57.1%
Urdu
49 · +75.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Nepali267 · 0.9%
    71.2%
  2. 02
    Kurdish250 · 0.9%
    3025.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin183 · 0.6%
    39.6%
  4. 04
    Arabic128 · 0.4%
    56.8%
  5. 05
    Punjabi111 · 0.4%
    246.9%
  6. 06
    Bengali110 · 0.4%
    100.0%
  7. 07
    German91 · 0.3%
    6.2%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese81 · 0.3%
    22.7%
  9. 09
    Spanish76 · 0.3%
    31.0%
  10. 10
    Sinhalese74 · 0.3%
    138.7%
  11. 11
    French64 · 0.2%
    1.5%
  12. 12
    Cantonese59 · 0.2%
    1.7%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Kurdish
+3025.0%
250 speakers · 0.9% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+246.9%
111 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#3
Language
Sinhalese
+138.7%
74 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Use this data

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