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Local Government Area · New South Wales

Campbelltown (NSW)

174,240 residents · 129+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
41.4%
72,220 people
Growth since last census
+54.3%
vs previous census
In context
1.31× New South Wales avg
1.53× national avg
Population
174,240
CALD residents
72,220
Languages spoken
129
Fastest-growing
+244%
Narrative

Why this matters

Campbelltown (NSW) is home to 174,240 residents. 41.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 72,220 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Campbelltown (NSW) 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
    Bengali7,431 · 4.3%
    ▲61.9%
  2. 02
    Arabic7,403 · 4.2%
    ▲38.4%
  3. 03
    Nepali4,309 · 2.5%
    ▲244.4%
  4. 04
    Hindi3,763 · 2.2%
    ▲1.8%
  5. 05
    Samoan3,104 · 1.8%
    ▼6.3%
  6. 06
    Tagalog2,719 · 1.6%
    ▲17.9%
  1. 01
    Spanish2,654 · 1.5%
    ▲2.9%
  2. 02
    Urdu2,452 · 1.4%
    ▲75.4%
  3. 03
    Mandarin2,008 · 1.2%
    ▲24.3%
  4. 04
    Punjabi1,965 · 1.1%
    ▲73.1%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese1,631 · 0.9%
    ▲41.1%
  6. 06
    Filipino1,434 · 0.8%
    ▲31.9%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 59%
BEN
ARA
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 58.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 41.4%
Bengali
7,431 · +61.9%
Arabic
7,403 · +38.4%
Nepali
4,309 · +244.4%
Hindi
3,763 · +1.8%
Samoan
3,104 · -6.3%
Tagalog
2,719 · +17.9%
Spanish
2,654 · +2.9%
Urdu
2,452 · +75.4%
Mandarin
2,008 · +24.3%
Punjabi
1,965 · +73.1%
Vietnamese
1,631 · +41.1%
Filipino
1,434 · +31.9%
Malayalam
1,320 · +57.3%
Cantonese
1,141 · +11.2%
Marathi
1,024 · +34.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Bengali7,431 · 4.3%
    ▲61.9%
  2. 02
    Arabic7,403 · 4.2%
    ▲38.4%
  3. 03
    Nepali4,309 · 2.5%
    ▲244.4%
  4. 04
    Hindi3,763 · 2.2%
    ▲1.8%
  5. 05
    Samoan3,104 · 1.8%
    ▼6.3%
  6. 06
    Tagalog2,719 · 1.6%
    ▲17.9%
  7. 07
    Spanish2,654 · 1.5%
    ▲2.9%
  8. 08
    Urdu2,452 · 1.4%
    ▲75.4%
  9. 09
    Mandarin2,008 · 1.2%
    ▲24.3%
  10. 10
    Punjabi1,965 · 1.1%
    ▲73.1%
  11. 11
    Vietnamese1,631 · 0.9%
    ▲41.1%
  12. 12
    Filipino1,434 · 0.8%
    ▲31.9%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+244.4%
4,309 speakers · 2.5% of LGA
#2
Language
Urdu
+75.4%
2,452 speakers · 1.4% of LGA
#3
Language
Punjabi
+73.1%
1,965 speakers · 1.1% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Bardia
5,606 RESIDENTS
67.0% CALDTop: Nepali
Glenfield (NSW)
10,451 RESIDENTS
59.2% CALDTop: Bengali
Minto
13,846 RESIDENTS
58.1% CALDTop: Bengali
Denham Court
9,062 RESIDENTS
54.6% CALDTop: Arabic
Blair Athol (NSW)
2,713 RESIDENTS
52.8% CALDTop: Arabic
Macquarie Fields
13,758 RESIDENTS
50.9% CALDTop: Bengali
Claymore
2,530 RESIDENTS
48.3% CALDTop: Bengali
Macquarie Links
1,424 RESIDENTS
47.6% CALDTop: Bengali
Ingleburn
14,975 RESIDENTS
46.9% CALDTop: Bengali
Bow Bowing
1,608 RESIDENTS
41.6% CALDTop: Arabic
Woodbine (NSW)
2,772 RESIDENTS
40.7% CALDTop: Arabic
Blairmount
520 RESIDENTS
40.2% CALDTop: Arabic
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