SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Port Stephens

74,708 residents · 68+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
8.4%
6,254 people
Growth since last census
+66.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.27× New South Wales avg
0.31× national avg
Population
74,708
CALD residents
6,254
Languages spoken
68
Fastest-growing
+244%
Narrative

Why this matters

Port Stephens is home to 74,708 residents. 8.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 6,254 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 Stephens 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
    Greek147 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  2. 02
    Spanish141 · 0.2%
    30.6%
  3. 03
    Mandarin137 · 0.2%
    50.5%
  4. 04
    Italian126 · 0.2%
    10.0%
  5. 05
    German120 · 0.2%
    7.1%
  6. 06
    Tagalog115 · 0.2%
    74.2%
  1. 01
    Thai107 · 0.1%
    78.3%
  2. 02
    French98 · 0.1%
    1.0%
  3. 03
    Nepali93 · 0.1%
    244.4%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans91 · 0.1%
    2.2%
  5. 05
    Dutch76 · 0.1%
    49.0%
  6. 06
    Croatian75 · 0.1%
    19.4%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 92%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 91.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 8.4%
Greek
147 · +50.0%
Spanish
141 · +30.6%
Mandarin
137 · +50.5%
Italian
126 · -10.0%
German
120 · +7.1%
Tagalog
115 · +74.2%
Thai
107 · +78.3%
French
98 · +1.0%
Nepali
93 · +244.4%
Afrikaans
91 · +2.2%
Dutch
76 · +49.0%
Croatian
75 · -19.4%
Auslan
71 · +121.9%
Punjabi
56 · +75.0%
Vietnamese
53 · +96.3%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Greek147 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  2. 02
    Spanish141 · 0.2%
    30.6%
  3. 03
    Mandarin137 · 0.2%
    50.5%
  4. 04
    Italian126 · 0.2%
    10.0%
  5. 05
    German120 · 0.2%
    7.1%
  6. 06
    Tagalog115 · 0.2%
    74.2%
  7. 07
    Thai107 · 0.1%
    78.3%
  8. 08
    French98 · 0.1%
    1.0%
  9. 09
    Nepali93 · 0.1%
    244.4%
  10. 10
    Afrikaans91 · 0.1%
    2.2%
  11. 11
    Dutch76 · 0.1%
    49.0%
  12. 12
    Croatian75 · 0.1%
    19.4%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+244.4%
93 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Auslan
+121.9%
71 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Vietnamese
+96.3%
53 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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