SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Parkes

14,029 residents · 34+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.2%
1,427 people
Growth since last census
+119.5%
vs previous census
In context
0.32× New South Wales avg
0.38× national avg
Population
14,029
CALD residents
1,427
Languages spoken
34
Fastest-growing
+800%
Narrative

Why this matters

Parkes is home to 14,029 residents. 10.2% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,427 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Parkes 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
    Wiradjuri35 · 0.2%
    75.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin35 · 0.2%
    12.9%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans31 · 0.2%
    40.9%
  4. 04
    Nepali27 · 0.2%
    800.0%
  5. 05
    Cantonese24 · 0.2%
    33.3%
  6. 06
    Tagalog23 · 0.2%
    21.1%
  1. 01
    Filipino19 · 0.1%
    72.7%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese15 · 0.1%
    150.0%
  3. 03
    Sinhalese14 · 0.1%
    250.0%
  4. 04
    Malayalam13 · 0.1%
    62.5%
  5. 05
    Thai12 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  6. 06
    Indonesian10 · 0.1%
    58.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.8%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.2%
Wiradjuri
35 · +75.0%
Mandarin
35 · +12.9%
Afrikaans
31 · +40.9%
Nepali
27 · +800.0%
Cantonese
24 · +33.3%
Tagalog
23 · +21.1%
Filipino
19 · +72.7%
Vietnamese
15 · +150.0%
Sinhalese
14 · +250.0%
Malayalam
13 · +62.5%
Thai
12 · +200.0%
Indonesian
10 · -58.3%
Urdu
10 · +25.0%
Italian
9 · +125.0%
Telugu
6 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Wiradjuri35 · 0.2%
    75.0%
  2. 02
    Mandarin35 · 0.2%
    12.9%
  3. 03
    Afrikaans31 · 0.2%
    40.9%
  4. 04
    Nepali27 · 0.2%
    800.0%
  5. 05
    Cantonese24 · 0.2%
    33.3%
  6. 06
    Tagalog23 · 0.2%
    21.1%
  7. 07
    Filipino19 · 0.1%
    72.7%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese15 · 0.1%
    150.0%
  9. 09
    Sinhalese14 · 0.1%
    250.0%
  10. 10
    Malayalam13 · 0.1%
    62.5%
  11. 11
    Thai12 · 0.1%
    200.0%
  12. 12
    Indonesian10 · 0.1%
    58.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+800.0%
27 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Sinhalese
+250.0%
14 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Thai
+200.0%
12 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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