SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Singleton

24,348 residents · 42+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
8.7%
2,122 people
Growth since last census
+79.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.27× New South Wales avg
0.32× national avg
Population
24,348
CALD residents
2,122
Languages spoken
42
Fastest-growing
+367%
Narrative

Why this matters

Singleton is home to 24,348 residents. 8.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 2,122 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Singleton 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
    Tagalog93 · 0.4%
    190.6%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans75 · 0.3%
    4.2%
  3. 03
    Filipino45 · 0.2%
    7.1%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese42 · 0.2%
    55.6%
  5. 05
    Thai39 · 0.2%
    178.6%
  6. 06
    Mandarin33 · 0.1%
    21.4%
  1. 01
    Cantonese22 · 0.1%
    29.0%
  2. 02
    Spanish20 · 0.1%
    28.6%
  3. 03
    Italian19 · 0.1%
    17.4%
  4. 04
    Russian17 · 0.1%
    325.0%
  5. 05
    Hindi17 · 0.1%
    54.5%
  6. 06
    Fijian15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 91%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 91.3%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 8.7%
Tagalog
93 · +190.6%
Afrikaans
75 · +4.2%
Filipino
45 · +7.1%
Vietnamese
42 · +55.6%
Thai
39 · +178.6%
Mandarin
33 · -21.4%
Cantonese
22 · -29.0%
Spanish
20 · -28.6%
Italian
19 · -17.4%
Russian
17 · +325.0%
Hindi
17 · +54.5%
Fijian
15 · 0.0%
Punjabi
14 · +366.7%
Bengali
13 · +225.0%
Sinhalese
12 · +9.1%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Tagalog93 · 0.4%
    190.6%
  2. 02
    Afrikaans75 · 0.3%
    4.2%
  3. 03
    Filipino45 · 0.2%
    7.1%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese42 · 0.2%
    55.6%
  5. 05
    Thai39 · 0.2%
    178.6%
  6. 06
    Mandarin33 · 0.1%
    21.4%
  7. 07
    Cantonese22 · 0.1%
    29.0%
  8. 08
    Spanish20 · 0.1%
    28.6%
  9. 09
    Italian19 · 0.1%
    17.4%
  10. 10
    Russian17 · 0.1%
    325.0%
  11. 11
    Hindi17 · 0.1%
    54.5%
  12. 12
    Fijian15 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Punjabi
+366.7%
14 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Russian
+325.0%
17 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Bengali
+225.0%
13 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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