SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Cessnock

63,031 residents · 57+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.2%
5,816 people
Growth since last census
+160.2%
vs previous census
In context
0.29× New South Wales avg
0.34× national avg
Population
63,031
CALD residents
5,816
Languages spoken
57
Fastest-growing
+600%
Narrative

Why this matters

Cessnock is home to 63,031 residents. 9.2% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 5,816 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Cessnock 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
    Thai109 · 0.2%
    105.7%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese91 · 0.1%
    600.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin85 · 0.1%
    400.0%
  4. 04
    Tagalog77 · 0.1%
    156.7%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans65 · 0.1%
    109.7%
  6. 06
    Filipino57 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  1. 01
    Cantonese54 · 0.1%
    63.6%
  2. 02
    Spanish50 · 0.1%
    61.3%
  3. 03
    Punjabi50 · 0.1%
    72.4%
  4. 04
    Nepali45 · 0.1%
    221.4%
  5. 05
    Auslan42 · 0.1%
    147.1%
  6. 06
    Malayalam39 · 0.1%
    200.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.8%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.2%
Thai
109 · +105.7%
Vietnamese
91 · +600.0%
Mandarin
85 · +400.0%
Tagalog
77 · +156.7%
Afrikaans
65 · +109.7%
Filipino
57 · +200.0%
Cantonese
54 · +63.6%
Spanish
50 · +61.3%
Punjabi
50 · +72.4%
Nepali
45 · +221.4%
Auslan
42 · +147.1%
Malayalam
39 · +200.0%
Hindi
38 · +26.7%
French
36 · +100.0%
German
34 · -17.1%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Thai109 · 0.2%
    105.7%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese91 · 0.1%
    600.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin85 · 0.1%
    400.0%
  4. 04
    Tagalog77 · 0.1%
    156.7%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans65 · 0.1%
    109.7%
  6. 06
    Filipino57 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  7. 07
    Cantonese54 · 0.1%
    63.6%
  8. 08
    Spanish50 · 0.1%
    61.3%
  9. 09
    Punjabi50 · 0.1%
    72.4%
  10. 10
    Nepali45 · 0.1%
    221.4%
  11. 11
    Auslan42 · 0.1%
    147.1%
  12. 12
    Malayalam39 · 0.1%
    200.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Vietnamese
+600.0%
91 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Mandarin
+400.0%
85 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Nepali
+221.4%
45 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
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