SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Cowra

12,655 residents · 40+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.9%
1,382 people
Growth since last census
+103.6%
vs previous census
In context
0.35× New South Wales avg
0.40× national avg
Population
12,655
CALD residents
1,382
Languages spoken
40
Fastest-growing
+467%
Narrative

Why this matters

Cowra is home to 12,655 residents. 10.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,382 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Cowra 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
    Wiradjuri37 · 0.3%
    76.2%
  2. 02
    Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)31 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Punjabi27 · 0.2%
    285.7%
  4. 04
    Greek25 · 0.2%
    47.1%
  5. 05
    Mandarin17 · 0.1%
    51.4%
  6. 06
    Filipino17 · 0.1%
    466.7%
  1. 01
    Malayalam14 · 0.1%
    250.0%
  2. 02
    Tagalog11 · 0.1%
    26.7%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans11 · 0.1%
    175.0%
  4. 04
    Thai10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Nepali9 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Hindi9 · 0.1%
    125.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.9%
Wiradjuri
37 · +76.2%
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)
31 · 0.0%
Punjabi
27 · +285.7%
Greek
25 · +47.1%
Mandarin
17 · -51.4%
Filipino
17 · +466.7%
Malayalam
14 · +250.0%
Tagalog
11 · -26.7%
Afrikaans
11 · +175.0%
Thai
10 · 0.0%
Nepali
9 · 0.0%
Hindi
9 · +125.0%
Khmer
7 · 0.0%
Samoan
7 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
7 · +75.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Wiradjuri37 · 0.3%
    76.2%
  2. 02
    Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)31 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Punjabi27 · 0.2%
    285.7%
  4. 04
    Greek25 · 0.2%
    47.1%
  5. 05
    Mandarin17 · 0.1%
    51.4%
  6. 06
    Filipino17 · 0.1%
    466.7%
  7. 07
    Malayalam14 · 0.1%
    250.0%
  8. 08
    Tagalog11 · 0.1%
    26.7%
  9. 09
    Afrikaans11 · 0.1%
    175.0%
  10. 10
    Thai10 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Nepali9 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Hindi9 · 0.1%
    125.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Filipino
+466.7%
17 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+285.7%
27 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Malayalam
+250.0%
14 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
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