SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Balranald

2,256 residents · 16+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
22.5%
508 people
Growth since last census
+75.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.71× New South Wales avg
0.83× national avg
Population
2,256
CALD residents
508
Languages spoken
16
Fastest-growing
+230%
Narrative

Why this matters

Balranald is home to 2,256 residents. 22.5% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 508 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Balranald 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
    Italian52 · 2.3%
    ▼26.8%
  2. 02
    Mandarin33 · 1.5%
    ▲230.0%
  3. 03
    Tongan21 · 0.9%
    ▲90.9%
  4. 04
    Fijian16 · 0.7%
    ▲77.8%
  5. 05
    Malay14 · 0.6%
    ▲0.0%
  6. 06
    Spanish10 · 0.4%
    ▲66.7%
  1. 01
    Vietnamese9 · 0.4%
    ▲0.0%
  2. 02
    Punjabi7 · 0.3%
    ▲0.0%
  3. 03
    Telugu6 · 0.3%
    ▲100.0%
  4. 04
    Thai6 · 0.3%
    ▲50.0%
  5. 05
    Russian5 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
  6. 06
    French4 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 77%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 77.5%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 22.5%
Italian
52 · -26.8%
Mandarin
33 · +230.0%
Tongan
21 · +90.9%
Fijian
16 · +77.8%
Malay
14 · 0.0%
Spanish
10 · +66.7%
Vietnamese
9 · 0.0%
Punjabi
7 · 0.0%
Telugu
6 · +100.0%
Thai
6 · +50.0%
Russian
5
French
4
Tagalog
3
Nepali
3
Indonesian
3
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Italian52 · 2.3%
    ▼26.8%
  2. 02
    Mandarin33 · 1.5%
    ▲230.0%
  3. 03
    Tongan21 · 0.9%
    ▲90.9%
  4. 04
    Fijian16 · 0.7%
    ▲77.8%
  5. 05
    Malay14 · 0.6%
    ▲0.0%
  6. 06
    Spanish10 · 0.4%
    ▲66.7%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese9 · 0.4%
    ▲0.0%
  8. 08
    Punjabi7 · 0.3%
    ▲0.0%
  9. 09
    Telugu6 · 0.3%
    ▲100.0%
  10. 10
    Thai6 · 0.3%
    ▲50.0%
  11. 11
    Russian5 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
  12. 12
    French4 · 0.2%
    ▲0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Mandarin
+230.0%
33 speakers · 1.5% of LGA
#2
Language
Telugu
+100.0%
6 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#3
Language
Tongan
+90.9%
21 speakers · 0.9% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Euston
814 RESIDENTS
31.6% CALDTop: Italian
Balranald
1,442 RESIDENTS
17.4% CALDTop: Mandarin
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