SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Bogan

2,466 residents · 13+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.2%
277 people
Growth since last census
+45.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.36× New South Wales avg
0.42× national avg
Population
2,466
CALD residents
277
Languages spoken
13
Fastest-growing
+80%
Narrative

Why this matters

Bogan is home to 2,466 residents. 11.2% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 277 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Bogan 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
    Gujarati11 · 0.4%
    57.1%
  2. 02
    Fijian9 · 0.4%
    80.0%
  3. 03
    Nepali9 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Swahili6 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Lao6 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Indonesian5 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Vietnamese5 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Shona5 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Maori (New Zealand)4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Malayalam4 · 0.2%
    33.3%
  5. 05
    Thai4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Spanish4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.8%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.2%
Gujarati
11 · +57.1%
Fijian
9 · +80.0%
Nepali
9 · 0.0%
Swahili
6 · 0.0%
Lao
6 · 0.0%
Indonesian
5 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
5 · 0.0%
Shona
5 · 0.0%
Maori (New Zealand)
4 · 0.0%
Malayalam
4 · -33.3%
Thai
4 · 0.0%
Spanish
4 · 0.0%
Mandarin
3 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Gujarati11 · 0.4%
    57.1%
  2. 02
    Fijian9 · 0.4%
    80.0%
  3. 03
    Nepali9 · 0.4%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Swahili6 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Lao6 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Indonesian5 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese5 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Shona5 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Maori (New Zealand)4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Malayalam4 · 0.2%
    33.3%
  11. 11
    Thai4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Spanish4 · 0.2%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Fijian
+80.0%
9 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#2
Language
Gujarati
+57.1%
11 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#3
Language
Nepali
0.0%
9 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
Use this data

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