SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Broken Hill

17,481 residents · 35+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.4%
1,989 people
Growth since last census
+114.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.36× New South Wales avg
0.42× national avg
Population
17,481
CALD residents
1,989
Languages spoken
35
Fastest-growing
+425%
Narrative

Why this matters

Broken Hill is home to 17,481 residents. 11.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,989 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Broken Hill 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
    Filipino65 · 0.4%
    97.0%
  2. 02
    Italian56 · 0.3%
    115.4%
  3. 03
    Tagalog52 · 0.3%
    173.7%
  4. 04
    Malayalam46 · 0.3%
    142.1%
  5. 05
    Gujarati25 · 0.1%
    66.7%
  6. 06
    Arabic21 · 0.1%
    425.0%
  1. 01
    Paakantyi19 · 0.1%
    72.7%
  2. 02
    Auslan13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Vietnamese12 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  4. 04
    Diyari10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Mandarin10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.4%
Filipino
65 · +97.0%
Italian
56 · +115.4%
Tagalog
52 · +173.7%
Malayalam
46 · +142.1%
Gujarati
25 · +66.7%
Arabic
21 · +425.0%
Paakantyi
19 · +72.7%
Auslan
13 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
12 · +100.0%
Diyari
10 · 0.0%
Afrikaans
10 · 0.0%
Mandarin
10 · 0.0%
Bengali
10 · 0.0%
Nepali
9 · 0.0%
Maori (New Zealand)
8 · +166.7%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Filipino65 · 0.4%
    97.0%
  2. 02
    Italian56 · 0.3%
    115.4%
  3. 03
    Tagalog52 · 0.3%
    173.7%
  4. 04
    Malayalam46 · 0.3%
    142.1%
  5. 05
    Gujarati25 · 0.1%
    66.7%
  6. 06
    Arabic21 · 0.1%
    425.0%
  7. 07
    Paakantyi19 · 0.1%
    72.7%
  8. 08
    Auslan13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Vietnamese12 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  10. 10
    Diyari10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Afrikaans10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Mandarin10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Arabic
+425.0%
21 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Tagalog
+173.7%
52 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#3
Language
Maori (New Zealand)
+166.7%
8 speakers · 0.0% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

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