SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Port Macquarie-Hastings

86,088 residents · 75+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
7.9%
6,799 people
Growth since last census
+99.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.25× New South Wales avg
0.29× national avg
Population
86,088
CALD residents
6,799
Languages spoken
75
Fastest-growing
+574%
Narrative

Why this matters

Port Macquarie-Hastings is home to 86,088 residents. 7.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 6,799 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Port Macquarie-Hastings 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
    German174 · 0.2%
    8.1%
  2. 02
    French135 · 0.2%
    15.4%
  3. 03
    Spanish134 · 0.2%
    24.1%
  4. 04
    Mandarin129 · 0.1%
    17.3%
  5. 05
    Nepali128 · 0.1%
    573.7%
  6. 06
    Thai108 · 0.1%
    96.4%
  1. 01
    Tagalog102 · 0.1%
    142.9%
  2. 02
    Cantonese99 · 0.1%
    17.9%
  3. 03
    Malayalam94 · 0.1%
    36.2%
  4. 04
    Italian92 · 0.1%
    22.7%
  5. 05
    Filipino85 · 0.1%
    117.9%
  6. 06
    Dutch84 · 0.1%
    15.1%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 92%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 92.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 7.9%
German
174 · +8.1%
French
135 · +15.4%
Spanish
134 · +24.1%
Mandarin
129 · +17.3%
Nepali
128 · +573.7%
Thai
108 · +96.4%
Tagalog
102 · +142.9%
Cantonese
99 · +17.9%
Malayalam
94 · +36.2%
Italian
92 · +22.7%
Filipino
85 · +117.9%
Dutch
84 · +15.1%
Vietnamese
78 · +27.9%
Punjabi
76 · +171.4%
Afrikaans
75 · +15.4%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German174 · 0.2%
    8.1%
  2. 02
    French135 · 0.2%
    15.4%
  3. 03
    Spanish134 · 0.2%
    24.1%
  4. 04
    Mandarin129 · 0.1%
    17.3%
  5. 05
    Nepali128 · 0.1%
    573.7%
  6. 06
    Thai108 · 0.1%
    96.4%
  7. 07
    Tagalog102 · 0.1%
    142.9%
  8. 08
    Cantonese99 · 0.1%
    17.9%
  9. 09
    Malayalam94 · 0.1%
    36.2%
  10. 10
    Italian92 · 0.1%
    22.7%
  11. 11
    Filipino85 · 0.1%
    117.9%
  12. 12
    Dutch84 · 0.1%
    15.1%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+573.7%
128 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+171.4%
76 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Tagalog
+142.9%
102 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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