SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Mid-Coast

95,775 residents · 70+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
9.4%
9,019 people
Growth since last census
+144.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.30× New South Wales avg
0.35× national avg
Population
95,775
CALD residents
9,019
Languages spoken
70
Fastest-growing
+1400%
Narrative

Why this matters

Mid-Coast is home to 95,775 residents. 9.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 9,019 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Mid-Coast 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
    German205 · 0.2%
    ▼4.2%
  2. 02
    Mandarin136 · 0.1%
    ▲58.1%
  3. 03
    Nepali135 · 0.1%
    ▲1400.0%
  4. 04
    Malayalam120 · 0.1%
    ▲64.4%
  5. 05
    Spanish103 · 0.1%
    ▲56.1%
  6. 06
    Arabic100 · 0.1%
    ▲112.8%
  1. 01
    Italian96 · 0.1%
    ▲24.7%
  2. 02
    French96 · 0.1%
    ▲68.4%
  3. 03
    Filipino89 · 0.1%
    ▲187.1%
  4. 04
    Thai84 · 0.1%
    ▲64.7%
  5. 05
    Tagalog78 · 0.1%
    ▲20.0%
  6. 06
    Greek72 · 0.1%
    ▲56.5%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 90.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 9.4%
German
205 · -4.2%
Mandarin
136 · +58.1%
Nepali
135 · +1400.0%
Malayalam
120 · +64.4%
Spanish
103 · +56.1%
Arabic
100 · +112.8%
Italian
96 · +24.7%
French
96 · +68.4%
Filipino
89 · +187.1%
Thai
84 · +64.7%
Tagalog
78 · +20.0%
Greek
72 · +56.5%
Vietnamese
70 · +204.3%
Punjabi
62 · +59.0%
Cantonese
58 · -20.5%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German205 · 0.2%
    ▼4.2%
  2. 02
    Mandarin136 · 0.1%
    ▲58.1%
  3. 03
    Nepali135 · 0.1%
    ▲1400.0%
  4. 04
    Malayalam120 · 0.1%
    ▲64.4%
  5. 05
    Spanish103 · 0.1%
    ▲56.1%
  6. 06
    Arabic100 · 0.1%
    ▲112.8%
  7. 07
    Italian96 · 0.1%
    ▲24.7%
  8. 08
    French96 · 0.1%
    ▲68.4%
  9. 09
    Filipino89 · 0.1%
    ▲187.1%
  10. 10
    Thai84 · 0.1%
    ▲64.7%
  11. 11
    Tagalog78 · 0.1%
    ▲20.0%
  12. 12
    Greek72 · 0.1%
    ▲56.5%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+1400.0%
135 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Vietnamese
+204.3%
70 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Filipino
+187.1%
89 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Purfleet
111 RESIDENTS
31.5% CALDTop: Kriol
Nerong
519 RESIDENTS
21.0% CALDTop: Khmer
Lansdowne Forest
18 RESIDENTS
16.7% CALD
Boolambayte
218 RESIDENTS
16.5% CALDTop: German
Bungwahl
310 RESIDENTS
16.5% CALDTop: Hebrew
Coralville
172 RESIDENTS
16.3% CALDTop: Afrikaans
Mitchells Island
451 RESIDENTS
15.5% CALDTop: Dutch
Darawank
452 RESIDENTS
15.3% CALDTop: Maltese
Coolongolook
795 RESIDENTS
15.1% CALDTop: Punjabi
Killabakh
250 RESIDENTS
14.4% CALD
Glenthorne
228 RESIDENTS
14.0% CALDTop: Pashto
Bundook
211 RESIDENTS
13.7% CALD
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Mid-Coast.

We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.