SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Bland

5,496 residents · 15+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.4%
624 people
Growth since last census
+36.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.36× New South Wales avg
0.42× national avg
Population
5,496
CALD residents
624
Languages spoken
15
Fastest-growing
+114%
Narrative

Why this matters

Bland is home to 5,496 residents. 11.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 624 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Bland 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
    Tagalog15 · 0.3%
    114.3%
  2. 02
    Cantonese14 · 0.3%
    17.6%
  3. 03
    Mandarin10 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Filipino9 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  5. 05
    Hindi8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Punjabi8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Gujarati5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Arabic5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Nepali5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    German5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)4 · 0.1%
    42.9%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.4%
Tagalog
15 · +114.3%
Cantonese
14 · -17.6%
Mandarin
10 · 0.0%
Filipino
9 · +50.0%
Hindi
8 · 0.0%
Punjabi
8 · 0.0%
Gujarati
5 · 0.0%
Arabic
5 · 0.0%
Nepali
5 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
5 · 0.0%
German
5 · 0.0%
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
4 · -42.9%
Afrikaans
4 · +33.3%
Fijian
3 · 0.0%
Marathi
3 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Tagalog15 · 0.3%
    114.3%
  2. 02
    Cantonese14 · 0.3%
    17.6%
  3. 03
    Mandarin10 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Filipino9 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  5. 05
    Hindi8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Punjabi8 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Gujarati5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Arabic5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Nepali5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Vietnamese5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    German5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)4 · 0.1%
    42.9%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Tagalog
+114.3%
15 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Filipino
+50.0%
9 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Afrikaans
+33.3%
4 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
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