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Local Government Area · New South Wales

Bega Valley

35,752 residents · 46+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.3%
3,339 people
Growth since last census
+90.9%
vs previous census
In context
0.30× New South Wales avg
0.34× national avg
Population
35,752
CALD residents
3,339
Languages spoken
46
Fastest-growing
+1000%
Narrative

Why this matters

Bega Valley is home to 35,752 residents. 9.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 3,339 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Bega Valley 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
    German97 · 0.3%
    ▼36.2%
  2. 02
    Thai62 · 0.2%
    ▲26.5%
  3. 03
    Spanish57 · 0.2%
    ▲78.1%
  4. 04
    French53 · 0.1%
    ▲6.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin46 · 0.1%
    ▲53.3%
  6. 06
    Italian44 · 0.1%
    ▲33.3%
  1. 01
    Dutch44 · 0.1%
    ▼21.4%
  2. 02
    Tagalog40 · 0.1%
    ▲48.1%
  3. 03
    Malayalam36 · 0.1%
    ▲200.0%
  4. 04
    Greek36 · 0.1%
    ▲63.6%
  5. 05
    Nepali33 · 0.1%
    ▲1000.0%
  6. 06
    Hungarian26 · 0.1%
    ▲52.9%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.3%
German
97 · -36.2%
Thai
62 · +26.5%
Spanish
57 · +78.1%
French
53 · +6.0%
Mandarin
46 · +53.3%
Italian
44 · +33.3%
Dutch
44 · -21.4%
Tagalog
40 · +48.1%
Malayalam
36 · +200.0%
Greek
36 · +63.6%
Nepali
33 · +1000.0%
Hungarian
26 · +52.9%
Afrikaans
23 · +35.3%
Cantonese
22 · +10.0%
Hindi
20 · +233.3%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German97 · 0.3%
    ▼36.2%
  2. 02
    Thai62 · 0.2%
    ▲26.5%
  3. 03
    Spanish57 · 0.2%
    ▲78.1%
  4. 04
    French53 · 0.1%
    ▲6.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin46 · 0.1%
    ▲53.3%
  6. 06
    Italian44 · 0.1%
    ▲33.3%
  7. 07
    Dutch44 · 0.1%
    ▼21.4%
  8. 08
    Tagalog40 · 0.1%
    ▲48.1%
  9. 09
    Malayalam36 · 0.1%
    ▲200.0%
  10. 10
    Greek36 · 0.1%
    ▲63.6%
  11. 11
    Nepali33 · 0.1%
    ▲1000.0%
  12. 12
    Hungarian26 · 0.1%
    ▲52.9%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+1000.0%
33 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Hindi
+233.3%
20 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Malayalam
+200.0%
36 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Candelo
773 RESIDENTS
13.1% CALDTop: French
Mogilla
264 RESIDENTS
12.1% CALDTop: Mandarin
Towamba
359 RESIDENTS
12.0% CALD
Eden
3,387 RESIDENTS
11.8% CALDTop: Mandarin
Bega
5,197 RESIDENTS
11.8% CALDTop: Spanish
Buckajo
510 RESIDENTS
11.4% CALD
Bournda
132 RESIDENTS
11.4% CALDTop: Afrikaans
Bermagui
1,996 RESIDENTS
11.2% CALDTop: Italian
Numbugga
180 RESIDENTS
11.1% CALDTop: Indonesian
Wallagoot
687 RESIDENTS
10.8% CALDTop: German
Wyndham (NSW)
603 RESIDENTS
10.6% CALDTop: Hungarian
Dignams Creek
200 RESIDENTS
10.5% CALD
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Bega Valley.

We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.