SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Murray River

12,720 residents · 28+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.2%
1,302 people
Growth since last census
+286.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.32× New South Wales avg
0.38× national avg
Population
12,720
CALD residents
1,302
Languages spoken
28
Fastest-growing
+1033%
Narrative

Why this matters

Murray River is home to 12,720 residents. 10.2% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,302 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Murray River 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
    Filipino40 · 0.3%
    344.4%
  2. 02
    Punjabi34 · 0.3%
    1033.3%
  3. 03
    Tagalog31 · 0.2%
    82.4%
  4. 04
    Malay31 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin25 · 0.2%
    38.9%
  6. 06
    Bislama20 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Vietnamese19 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Thai18 · 0.1%
    500.0%
  3. 03
    Cantonese16 · 0.1%
    60.0%
  4. 04
    Indonesian15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Italian14 · 0.1%
    54.8%
  6. 06
    Sinhalese13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.8%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.2%
Filipino
40 · +344.4%
Punjabi
34 · +1033.3%
Tagalog
31 · +82.4%
Malay
31 · 0.0%
Mandarin
25 · +38.9%
Bislama
20 · 0.0%
Vietnamese
19 · 0.0%
Thai
18 · +500.0%
Cantonese
16 · +60.0%
Indonesian
15 · 0.0%
Italian
14 · -54.8%
Sinhalese
13 · 0.0%
Nepali
10 · -9.1%
Auslan
8 · 0.0%
Bisaya
7 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Filipino40 · 0.3%
    344.4%
  2. 02
    Punjabi34 · 0.3%
    1033.3%
  3. 03
    Tagalog31 · 0.2%
    82.4%
  4. 04
    Malay31 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin25 · 0.2%
    38.9%
  6. 06
    Bislama20 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese19 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  8. 08
    Thai18 · 0.1%
    500.0%
  9. 09
    Cantonese16 · 0.1%
    60.0%
  10. 10
    Indonesian15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Italian14 · 0.1%
    54.8%
  12. 12
    Sinhalese13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Punjabi
+1033.3%
34 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Thai
+500.0%
18 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Filipino
+344.4%
40 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Murray River.

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