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Local Government Area · New South Wales

Cootamundra-Gundagai

11,349 residents · 29+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.4%
1,182 people
Growth since last census
+160.4%
vs previous census
In context
0.33× New South Wales avg
0.38× national avg
Population
11,349
CALD residents
1,182
Languages spoken
29
Fastest-growing
+500%
Narrative

Why this matters

Cootamundra-Gundagai is home to 11,349 residents. 10.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,182 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Cootamundra-Gundagai 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
    Mandarin67 · 0.6%
    235.0%
  2. 02
    Fijian21 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Nepali18 · 0.2%
    500.0%
  4. 04
    Wiradjuri17 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Filipino16 · 0.1%
    5.9%
  6. 06
    Tagalog13 · 0.1%
    7.1%
  1. 01
    Afrikaans12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Greek12 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  3. 03
    Maori (New Zealand)11 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Tongan11 · 0.1%
    266.7%
  5. 05
    German8 · 0.1%
    33.3%
  6. 06
    Punjabi8 · 0.1%
    50.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.4%
Mandarin
67 · +235.0%
Fijian
21 · 0.0%
Nepali
18 · +500.0%
Wiradjuri
17 · 0.0%
Filipino
16 · -5.9%
Tagalog
13 · -7.1%
Afrikaans
12 · 0.0%
Greek
12 · +100.0%
Maori (New Zealand)
11 · 0.0%
Tongan
11 · +266.7%
German
8 · -33.3%
Punjabi
8 · -50.0%
Thai
7 · +133.3%
Auslan
6 · 0.0%
Italian
6 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin67 · 0.6%
    235.0%
  2. 02
    Fijian21 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Nepali18 · 0.2%
    500.0%
  4. 04
    Wiradjuri17 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Filipino16 · 0.1%
    5.9%
  6. 06
    Tagalog13 · 0.1%
    7.1%
  7. 07
    Afrikaans12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Greek12 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  9. 09
    Maori (New Zealand)11 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Tongan11 · 0.1%
    266.7%
  11. 11
    German8 · 0.1%
    33.3%
  12. 12
    Punjabi8 · 0.1%
    50.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+500.0%
18 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Tongan
+266.7%
11 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Mandarin
+235.0%
67 speakers · 0.6% of LGA
Use this data

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