SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Shoalhaven

107,489 residents · 77+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.6%
11,387 people
Growth since last census
+80.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.34× New South Wales avg
0.39× national avg
Population
107,489
CALD residents
11,387
Languages spoken
77
Fastest-growing
+263%
Narrative

Why this matters

Shoalhaven is home to 107,489 residents. 10.6% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 11,387 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Shoalhaven 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
    Greek278 · 0.3%
    ▲26.4%
  2. 02
    Italian263 · 0.2%
    ▼19.1%
  3. 03
    Spanish244 · 0.2%
    ▲42.7%
  4. 04
    German238 · 0.2%
    ▲15.5%
  5. 05
    Tagalog194 · 0.2%
    ▲50.4%
  6. 06
    Cantonese159 · 0.1%
    ▲48.6%
  1. 01
    Mandarin150 · 0.1%
    ▼0.7%
  2. 02
    Nepali149 · 0.1%
    ▲263.4%
  3. 03
    French136 · 0.1%
    ▲147.3%
  4. 04
    Croatian129 · 0.1%
    ▼16.8%
  5. 05
    Hindi119 · 0.1%
    ▲88.9%
  6. 06
    Thai115 · 0.1%
    ▲26.4%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.4%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.6%
Greek
278 · +26.4%
Italian
263 · -19.1%
Spanish
244 · +42.7%
German
238 · +15.5%
Tagalog
194 · +50.4%
Cantonese
159 · +48.6%
Mandarin
150 · -0.7%
Nepali
149 · +263.4%
French
136 · +147.3%
Croatian
129 · -16.8%
Hindi
119 · +88.9%
Thai
115 · +26.4%
Punjabi
106 · +140.9%
Arabic
103 · +128.9%
Malayalam
95 · +90.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Greek278 · 0.3%
    ▲26.4%
  2. 02
    Italian263 · 0.2%
    ▼19.1%
  3. 03
    Spanish244 · 0.2%
    ▲42.7%
  4. 04
    German238 · 0.2%
    ▲15.5%
  5. 05
    Tagalog194 · 0.2%
    ▲50.4%
  6. 06
    Cantonese159 · 0.1%
    ▲48.6%
  7. 07
    Mandarin150 · 0.1%
    ▼0.7%
  8. 08
    Nepali149 · 0.1%
    ▲263.4%
  9. 09
    French136 · 0.1%
    ▲147.3%
  10. 10
    Croatian129 · 0.1%
    ▼16.8%
  11. 11
    Hindi119 · 0.1%
    ▲88.9%
  12. 12
    Thai115 · 0.1%
    ▲26.4%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+263.4%
149 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
French
+147.3%
136 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Punjabi
+140.9%
106 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Nowra Hill
1,893 RESIDENTS
43.8% CALDTop: Greek
Yerriyong
210 RESIDENTS
21.4% CALDTop: Tongan
South Nowra
3,136 RESIDENTS
16.4% CALDTop: Malayalam
Nowra
9,868 RESIDENTS
16.3% CALDTop: Punjabi
Huskisson
817 RESIDENTS
15.9% CALDTop: Filipino
Wrights Beach
144 RESIDENTS
13.9% CALDTop: Dutch
Tomerong
1,197 RESIDENTS
13.5% CALDTop: Thai
Woodstock (Shoalhaven - NSW)
335 RESIDENTS
13.1% CALDTop: Cantonese
Woollamia
644 RESIDENTS
13.0% CALDTop: Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described
Worrowing Heights
709 RESIDENTS
12.4% CALDTop: German
Old Erowal Bay
1,072 RESIDENTS
12.3% CALDTop: French
Numbaa
281 RESIDENTS
12.1% CALDTop: German
Use this data

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