SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Coffs Harbour

77,856 residents · 99+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
14.3%
11,102 people
Growth since last census
+93.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.45× New South Wales avg
0.53× national avg
Population
77,856
CALD residents
11,102
Languages spoken
99
Fastest-growing
+2250%
Narrative

Why this matters

Coffs Harbour is home to 77,856 residents. 14.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 11,102 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Coffs Harbour 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
    Punjabi1,815 · 2.3%
    42.6%
  2. 02
    Kurdish375 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin358 · 0.5%
    58.4%
  4. 04
    German237 · 0.3%
    21.3%
  5. 05
    Spanish216 · 0.3%
    20.7%
  6. 06
    Chin Haka206 · 0.3%
    57.3%
  1. 01
    Arabic177 · 0.2%
    27.3%
  2. 02
    Burmese162 · 0.2%
    63.6%
  3. 03
    Italian139 · 0.2%
    22.8%
  4. 04
    French133 · 0.2%
    0.7%
  5. 05
    Japanese122 · 0.2%
    60.5%
  6. 06
    Tagalog117 · 0.2%
    91.8%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 86%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 85.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 14.3%
Punjabi
1,815 · +42.6%
Kurdish
375 · 0.0%
Mandarin
358 · +58.4%
German
237 · -21.3%
Spanish
216 · +20.7%
Chin Haka
206 · +57.3%
Arabic
177 · +27.3%
Burmese
162 · +63.6%
Italian
139 · -22.8%
French
133 · -0.7%
Japanese
122
Tagalog
117
Gumbaynggir
96
Nepali
94
Thai
94
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Punjabi1,815 · 2.3%
    42.6%
  2. 02
    Kurdish375 · 0.5%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin358 · 0.5%
    58.4%
  4. 04
    German237 · 0.3%
    21.3%
  5. 05
    Spanish216 · 0.3%
    20.7%
  6. 06
    Chin Haka206 · 0.3%
    57.3%
  7. 07
    Arabic177 · 0.2%
    27.3%
  8. 08
    Burmese162 · 0.2%
    63.6%
  9. 09
    Italian139 · 0.2%
    22.8%
  10. 10
    French133 · 0.2%
    0.7%
  11. 11
    Japanese122 · 0.2%
    60.5%
  12. 12
    Tagalog117 · 0.2%
    91.8%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+2250.0%
94 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Gumbaynggir
+500.0%
96 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Tagalog
+91.8%
117 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

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