SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Dubbo

54,505 residents · 60+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
17.0%
9,253 people
Growth since last census
+163.9%
vs previous census
In context
0.54× New South Wales avg
0.63× national avg
Population
54,505
CALD residents
9,253
Languages spoken
60
Fastest-growing
+384%
Narrative

Why this matters

Dubbo is home to 54,505 residents. 17.0% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 9,253 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Dubbo 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
    Nepali759 · 1.4%
    256.3%
  2. 02
    Punjabi363 · 0.7%
    384.0%
  3. 03
    Malayalam209 · 0.4%
    81.7%
  4. 04
    Urdu177 · 0.3%
    126.9%
  5. 05
    Bengali154 · 0.3%
    133.3%
  6. 06
    Mandarin152 · 0.3%
    2.0%
  1. 01
    Hindi145 · 0.3%
    126.6%
  2. 02
    Filipino132 · 0.2%
    355.2%
  3. 03
    Tagalog129 · 0.2%
    25.2%
  4. 04
    Sinhalese115 · 0.2%
    23.7%
  5. 05
    Shona103 · 0.2%
    51.5%
  6. 06
    Cantonese92 · 0.2%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 83%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 83.0%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 17.0%
Nepali
759 · +256.3%
Punjabi
363 · +384.0%
Malayalam
209 · +81.7%
Urdu
177 · +126.9%
Bengali
154 · +133.3%
Mandarin
152 · +2.0%
Hindi
145 · +126.6%
Filipino
132 · +355.2%
Tagalog
129 · +25.2%
Sinhalese
115 · +23.7%
Shona
103 · +51.5%
Cantonese
92 · 0.0%
Spanish
87 · +171.9%
Tamil
83 · +50.9%
Gujarati
82 · +36.7%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Nepali759 · 1.4%
    256.3%
  2. 02
    Punjabi363 · 0.7%
    384.0%
  3. 03
    Malayalam209 · 0.4%
    81.7%
  4. 04
    Urdu177 · 0.3%
    126.9%
  5. 05
    Bengali154 · 0.3%
    133.3%
  6. 06
    Mandarin152 · 0.3%
    2.0%
  7. 07
    Hindi145 · 0.3%
    126.6%
  8. 08
    Filipino132 · 0.2%
    355.2%
  9. 09
    Tagalog129 · 0.2%
    25.2%
  10. 10
    Sinhalese115 · 0.2%
    23.7%
  11. 11
    Shona103 · 0.2%
    51.5%
  12. 12
    Cantonese92 · 0.2%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Punjabi
+384.0%
363 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
#2
Language
Filipino
+355.2%
132 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Nepali
+256.3%
759 speakers · 1.4% of LGA
Use this data

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