SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Maitland

89,665 residents · 86+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
8.6%
7,738 people
Growth since last census
+93.1%
vs previous census
In context
0.27× New South Wales avg
0.32× national avg
Population
89,665
CALD residents
7,738
Languages spoken
86
Fastest-growing
+216%
Narrative

Why this matters

Maitland is home to 89,665 residents. 8.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 7,738 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Maitland 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
    Malayalam382 · 0.4%
    172.9%
  2. 02
    Punjabi334 · 0.4%
    163.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin222 · 0.2%
    41.4%
  4. 04
    Tagalog205 · 0.2%
    55.3%
  5. 05
    Cantonese188 · 0.2%
    25.3%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans178 · 0.2%
    39.1%
  1. 01
    Arabic156 · 0.2%
    136.4%
  2. 02
    Spanish152 · 0.2%
    76.7%
  3. 03
    Urdu151 · 0.2%
    109.7%
  4. 04
    Hindi141 · 0.2%
    62.1%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese111 · 0.1%
    91.4%
  6. 06
    Filipino102 · 0.1%
    126.7%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 91.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 8.6%
Malayalam
382 · +172.9%
Punjabi
334 · +163.0%
Mandarin
222 · +41.4%
Tagalog
205 · +55.3%
Cantonese
188 · +25.3%
Afrikaans
178 · +39.1%
Arabic
156 · +136.4%
Spanish
152 · +76.7%
Urdu
151 · +109.7%
Hindi
141 · +62.1%
Vietnamese
111 · +91.4%
Filipino
102 · +126.7%
Shona
101 · +36.5%
Korean
100 · +132.6%
Thai
98 · +216.1%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Malayalam382 · 0.4%
    172.9%
  2. 02
    Punjabi334 · 0.4%
    163.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin222 · 0.2%
    41.4%
  4. 04
    Tagalog205 · 0.2%
    55.3%
  5. 05
    Cantonese188 · 0.2%
    25.3%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans178 · 0.2%
    39.1%
  7. 07
    Arabic156 · 0.2%
    136.4%
  8. 08
    Spanish152 · 0.2%
    76.7%
  9. 09
    Urdu151 · 0.2%
    109.7%
  10. 10
    Hindi141 · 0.2%
    62.1%
  11. 11
    Vietnamese111 · 0.1%
    91.4%
  12. 12
    Filipino102 · 0.1%
    126.7%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Thai
+216.1%
98 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Malayalam
+172.9%
382 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#3
Language
Punjabi
+163.0%
334 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
Use this data

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