SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Muswellbrook

16,230 residents · 43+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.3%
1,826 people
Growth since last census
+78.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.36× New South Wales avg
0.41× national avg
Population
16,230
CALD residents
1,826
Languages spoken
43
Fastest-growing
+250%
Narrative

Why this matters

Muswellbrook is home to 16,230 residents. 11.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,826 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Muswellbrook 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
    Filipino49 · 0.3%
    58.1%
  2. 02
    Punjabi49 · 0.3%
    172.2%
  3. 03
    Tagalog42 · 0.3%
    20.0%
  4. 04
    Thai37 · 0.2%
    85.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin30 · 0.2%
    21.1%
  6. 06
    Malayalam28 · 0.2%
    6.7%
  1. 01
    Cantonese26 · 0.2%
    30.0%
  2. 02
    Nepali24 · 0.1%
    242.9%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans21 · 0.1%
    162.5%
  4. 04
    Spanish21 · 0.1%
    250.0%
  5. 05
    Tamil19 · 0.1%
    216.7%
  6. 06
    Urdu14 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.3%
Filipino
49 · +58.1%
Punjabi
49 · +172.2%
Tagalog
42 · +20.0%
Thai
37 · +85.0%
Mandarin
30 · -21.1%
Malayalam
28 · -6.7%
Cantonese
26 · +30.0%
Nepali
24 · +242.9%
Afrikaans
21 · +162.5%
Spanish
21 · +250.0%
Tamil
19 · +216.7%
Urdu
14 · 0.0%
Shona
14 · -54.8%
Arabic
13 · +225.0%
Akan
11 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Filipino49 · 0.3%
    58.1%
  2. 02
    Punjabi49 · 0.3%
    172.2%
  3. 03
    Tagalog42 · 0.3%
    20.0%
  4. 04
    Thai37 · 0.2%
    85.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin30 · 0.2%
    21.1%
  6. 06
    Malayalam28 · 0.2%
    6.7%
  7. 07
    Cantonese26 · 0.2%
    30.0%
  8. 08
    Nepali24 · 0.1%
    242.9%
  9. 09
    Afrikaans21 · 0.1%
    162.5%
  10. 10
    Spanish21 · 0.1%
    250.0%
  11. 11
    Tamil19 · 0.1%
    216.7%
  12. 12
    Urdu14 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Spanish
+250.0%
21 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Nepali
+242.9%
24 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Arabic
+225.0%
13 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Muswellbrook.

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