SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Cobar

4,032 residents · 25+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
18.4%
743 people
Growth since last census
-0.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.58× New South Wales avg
0.68× national avg
Population
4,032
CALD residents
743
Languages spoken
25
Fastest-growing
+100%
Narrative

Why this matters

Cobar is home to 4,032 residents. 18.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 743 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Cobar 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
    Punjabi20 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans13 · 0.3%
    38.1%
  3. 03
    Mandarin11 · 0.3%
    26.7%
  4. 04
    Tagalog8 · 0.2%
    11.1%
  5. 05
    Dinka8 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Arabic7 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Vietnamese7 · 0.2%
    16.7%
  2. 02
    Sinhalese6 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  3. 03
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)6 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  4. 04
    Fijian5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Thai5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Khmer4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 82%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 81.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 18.4%
Punjabi
20 · 0.0%
Afrikaans
13 · -38.1%
Mandarin
11 · -26.7%
Tagalog
8 · -11.1%
Dinka
8 · 0.0%
Arabic
7 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
7 · +16.7%
Sinhalese
6 · +100.0%
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
6 · +100.0%
Fijian
5 · 0.0%
Thai
5 · 0.0%
Khmer
4 · 0.0%
Filipino
4 · 0.0%
Shona
4 · 0.0%
Burmese
4 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Punjabi20 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans13 · 0.3%
    38.1%
  3. 03
    Mandarin11 · 0.3%
    26.7%
  4. 04
    Tagalog8 · 0.2%
    11.1%
  5. 05
    Dinka8 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Arabic7 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese7 · 0.2%
    16.7%
  8. 08
    Sinhalese6 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  9. 09
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)6 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  10. 10
    Fijian5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Thai5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Khmer4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Sinhalese
+100.0%
6 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
+100.0%
6 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Vietnamese
+16.7%
7 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Use this data

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