SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Bathurst

43,386 residents · 56+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.6%
5,015 people
Growth since last census
+116.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.36× New South Wales avg
0.42× national avg
Population
43,386
CALD residents
5,015
Languages spoken
56
Fastest-growing
+394%
Narrative

Why this matters

Bathurst is home to 43,386 residents. 11.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 5,015 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Bathurst 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
    Nepali177 · 0.4%
    302.3%
  2. 02
    Punjabi161 · 0.4%
    209.6%
  3. 03
    Arabic135 · 0.3%
    95.7%
  4. 04
    Tagalog92 · 0.2%
    148.6%
  5. 05
    Mandarin82 · 0.2%
    15.5%
  6. 06
    Hindi81 · 0.2%
    58.8%
  1. 01
    Urdu79 · 0.2%
    393.8%
  2. 02
    Cantonese77 · 0.2%
    24.2%
  3. 03
    Spanish70 · 0.2%
    62.8%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans68 · 0.2%
    58.1%
  5. 05
    Tamil64 · 0.1%
    88.2%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese62 · 0.1%
    26.5%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 88%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.6%
Nepali
177 · +302.3%
Punjabi
161 · +209.6%
Arabic
135 · +95.7%
Tagalog
92 · +148.6%
Mandarin
82 · -15.5%
Hindi
81 · +58.8%
Urdu
79 · +393.8%
Cantonese
77 · +24.2%
Spanish
70 · +62.8%
Afrikaans
68 · +58.1%
Tamil
64 · +88.2%
Vietnamese
62 · +26.5%
Thai
60 · +81.8%
Malayalam
58 · +56.8%
Filipino
52 · +92.6%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Nepali177 · 0.4%
    302.3%
  2. 02
    Punjabi161 · 0.4%
    209.6%
  3. 03
    Arabic135 · 0.3%
    95.7%
  4. 04
    Tagalog92 · 0.2%
    148.6%
  5. 05
    Mandarin82 · 0.2%
    15.5%
  6. 06
    Hindi81 · 0.2%
    58.8%
  7. 07
    Urdu79 · 0.2%
    393.8%
  8. 08
    Cantonese77 · 0.2%
    24.2%
  9. 09
    Spanish70 · 0.2%
    62.8%
  10. 10
    Afrikaans68 · 0.2%
    58.1%
  11. 11
    Tamil64 · 0.1%
    88.2%
  12. 12
    Vietnamese62 · 0.1%
    26.5%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Urdu
+393.8%
79 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Nepali
+302.3%
177 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#3
Language
Punjabi
+209.6%
161 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
Use this data

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