SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Narrandera

5,501 residents · 23+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
13.3%
730 people
Growth since last census
+215.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.42× New South Wales avg
0.49× national avg
Population
5,501
CALD residents
730
Languages spoken
23
Fastest-growing
+500%
Narrative

Why this matters

Narrandera is home to 5,501 residents. 13.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 730 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Narrandera 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
    Malayalam18 · 0.3%
    500.0%
  2. 02
    Wiradjuri17 · 0.3%
    325.0%
  3. 03
    Nepali15 · 0.3%
    400.0%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans10 · 0.2%
    150.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin10 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Filipino10 · 0.2%
    100.0%
  1. 01
    German10 · 0.2%
    16.7%
  2. 02
    Russian9 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Spanish9 · 0.2%
    47.1%
  4. 04
    Indonesian7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Sinhalese6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Japanese6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 87%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 86.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 13.3%
Malayalam
18 · +500.0%
Wiradjuri
17 · +325.0%
Nepali
15 · +400.0%
Afrikaans
10 · +150.0%
Mandarin
10 · 0.0%
Filipino
10 · +100.0%
German
10 · -16.7%
Russian
9 · 0.0%
Spanish
9 · -47.1%
Indonesian
7 · 0.0%
Sinhalese
6 · 0.0%
Japanese
6 · 0.0%
Italian
4 · -50.0%
Arabic
3 · 0.0%
Tamil
3 · -50.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Malayalam18 · 0.3%
    500.0%
  2. 02
    Wiradjuri17 · 0.3%
    325.0%
  3. 03
    Nepali15 · 0.3%
    400.0%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans10 · 0.2%
    150.0%
  5. 05
    Mandarin10 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Filipino10 · 0.2%
    100.0%
  7. 07
    German10 · 0.2%
    16.7%
  8. 08
    Russian9 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Spanish9 · 0.2%
    47.1%
  10. 10
    Indonesian7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Sinhalese6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Japanese6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Malayalam
+500.0%
18 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Nepali
+400.0%
15 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#3
Language
Wiradjuri
+325.0%
17 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Use this data

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