SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Richmond Valley

23,495 residents · 32+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.6%
2,717 people
Growth since last census
+383.4%
vs previous census
In context
0.37× New South Wales avg
0.42× national avg
Population
23,495
CALD residents
2,717
Languages spoken
32
Fastest-growing
+1550%
Narrative

Why this matters

Richmond Valley is home to 23,495 residents. 11.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,717 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Richmond Valley 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
    Bandjalang66 · 0.3%
    1550.0%
  2. 02
    Filipino38 · 0.2%
    192.3%
  3. 03
    Tagalog36 · 0.2%
    44.0%
  4. 04
    German31 · 0.1%
    72.2%
  5. 05
    Nepali25 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Italian23 · 0.1%
    4.5%
  1. 01
    Mandarin21 · 0.1%
    5.0%
  2. 02
    Dutch15 · 0.1%
    50.0%
  3. 03
    Maori (New Zealand)13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans12 · 0.1%
    140.0%
  5. 05
    Thai12 · 0.1%
    300.0%
  6. 06
    Auslan12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 88%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.6%
Bandjalang
66 · +1550.0%
Filipino
38 · +192.3%
Tagalog
36 · +44.0%
German
31 · +72.2%
Nepali
25 · 0.0%
Italian
23 · +4.5%
Mandarin
21 · +5.0%
Dutch
15 · +50.0%
Maori (New Zealand)
13 · 0.0%
Afrikaans
12 · +140.0%
Thai
12 · +300.0%
Auslan
12 · 0.0%
Cantonese
10 · 0.0%
Fijian
8 · +33.3%
Malay
8 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Bandjalang66 · 0.3%
    1550.0%
  2. 02
    Filipino38 · 0.2%
    192.3%
  3. 03
    Tagalog36 · 0.2%
    44.0%
  4. 04
    German31 · 0.1%
    72.2%
  5. 05
    Nepali25 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Italian23 · 0.1%
    4.5%
  7. 07
    Mandarin21 · 0.1%
    5.0%
  8. 08
    Dutch15 · 0.1%
    50.0%
  9. 09
    Maori (New Zealand)13 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Afrikaans12 · 0.1%
    140.0%
  11. 11
    Thai12 · 0.1%
    300.0%
  12. 12
    Auslan12 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Bandjalang
+1550.0%
66 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Thai
+300.0%
12 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Filipino
+192.3%
38 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Use this data

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