SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Inverell

17,440 residents · 36+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
12.8%
2,239 people
Growth since last census
+157.4%
vs previous census
In context
0.41× New South Wales avg
0.47× national avg
Population
17,440
CALD residents
2,239
Languages spoken
36
Fastest-growing
+545%
Narrative

Why this matters

Inverell is home to 17,440 residents. 12.8% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,239 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Inverell 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
    Fijian71 · 0.4%
    545.5%
  2. 02
    Portuguese61 · 0.3%
    281.3%
  3. 03
    Tagalog53 · 0.3%
    34.6%
  4. 04
    Mandarin49 · 0.3%
    172.2%
  5. 05
    Filipino45 · 0.3%
    6.3%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese28 · 0.2%
    12.0%
  1. 01
    Thai23 · 0.1%
    64.3%
  2. 02
    Malayalam19 · 0.1%
    35.7%
  3. 03
    Samoan15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Malay15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Arabic14 · 0.1%
    133.3%
  6. 06
    Hindi14 · 0.1%
    133.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 87%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 87.2%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 12.8%
Fijian
71 · +545.5%
Portuguese
61 · +281.3%
Tagalog
53 · -34.6%
Mandarin
49 · +172.2%
Filipino
45 · -6.3%
Vietnamese
28 · +12.0%
Thai
23 · +64.3%
Malayalam
19 · +35.7%
Samoan
15 · 0.0%
Malay
15 · 0.0%
Arabic
14 · +133.3%
Hindi
14 · +133.3%
German
12 · -52.0%
Punjabi
12 · +300.0%
Cantonese
12 · +200.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Fijian71 · 0.4%
    545.5%
  2. 02
    Portuguese61 · 0.3%
    281.3%
  3. 03
    Tagalog53 · 0.3%
    34.6%
  4. 04
    Mandarin49 · 0.3%
    172.2%
  5. 05
    Filipino45 · 0.3%
    6.3%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese28 · 0.2%
    12.0%
  7. 07
    Thai23 · 0.1%
    64.3%
  8. 08
    Malayalam19 · 0.1%
    35.7%
  9. 09
    Samoan15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Malay15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Arabic14 · 0.1%
    133.3%
  12. 12
    Hindi14 · 0.1%
    133.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Fijian
+545.5%
71 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+300.0%
12 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Portuguese
+281.3%
61 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Use this data

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