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Local Government Area · New South Wales

Snowy Valleys

14,800 residents · 41+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
12.2%
1,809 people
Growth since last census
+60.6%
vs previous census
In context
0.39× New South Wales avg
0.45× national avg
Population
14,800
CALD residents
1,809
Languages spoken
41
Fastest-growing
+333%
Narrative

Why this matters

Snowy Valleys is home to 14,800 residents. 12.2% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,809 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Snowy Valleys 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
    Afrikaans80 · 0.5%
    ▲6.7%
  2. 02
    Mandarin43 · 0.3%
    ▼21.8%
  3. 03
    Thai42 · 0.3%
    ▲121.1%
  4. 04
    Wiradjuri32 · 0.2%
    ▲255.6%
  5. 05
    Filipino20 · 0.1%
    ▼28.6%
  6. 06
    Cantonese20 · 0.1%
    ▲185.7%
  1. 01
    Portuguese17 · 0.1%
    ▲183.3%
  2. 02
    Tagalog16 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  3. 03
    German16 · 0.1%
    ▼33.3%
  4. 04
    Punjabi16 · 0.1%
    ▲23.1%
  5. 05
    Finnish15 · 0.1%
    ▼21.1%
  6. 06
    Tamil13 · 0.1%
    ▲333.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 88%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 87.8%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 12.2%
Afrikaans
80 · +6.7%
Mandarin
43 · -21.8%
Thai
42 · +121.1%
Wiradjuri
32 · +255.6%
Filipino
20 · -28.6%
Cantonese
20 · +185.7%
Portuguese
17 · +183.3%
Tagalog
16 · 0.0%
German
16 · -33.3%
Punjabi
16 · +23.1%
Finnish
15 · -21.1%
Tamil
13 · +333.3%
Gujarati
12 · +50.0%
Malayalam
12 · 0.0%
Italian
12 · +9.1%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Afrikaans80 · 0.5%
    ▲6.7%
  2. 02
    Mandarin43 · 0.3%
    ▼21.8%
  3. 03
    Thai42 · 0.3%
    ▲121.1%
  4. 04
    Wiradjuri32 · 0.2%
    ▲255.6%
  5. 05
    Filipino20 · 0.1%
    ▼28.6%
  6. 06
    Cantonese20 · 0.1%
    ▲185.7%
  7. 07
    Portuguese17 · 0.1%
    ▲183.3%
  8. 08
    Tagalog16 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  9. 09
    German16 · 0.1%
    ▼33.3%
  10. 10
    Punjabi16 · 0.1%
    ▲23.1%
  11. 11
    Finnish15 · 0.1%
    ▼21.1%
  12. 12
    Tamil13 · 0.1%
    ▲333.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Tamil
+333.3%
13 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Wiradjuri
+255.6%
32 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Cantonese
+185.7%
20 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Glenroy (Snowy Valleys - NSW)
373 RESIDENTS
45.8% CALD
Talbingo
216 RESIDENTS
25.0% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Brungle
351 RESIDENTS
19.1% CALDTop: Wiradjuri
Brindabella
327 RESIDENTS
16.8% CALDTop: Swedish
Minjary
208 RESIDENTS
16.3% CALD
Batlow
1,333 RESIDENTS
14.9% CALDTop: Thai
Khancoban
254 RESIDENTS
13.4% CALDTop: Croatian
Indi
185 RESIDENTS
11.9% CALDTop: Italian
Tumut
6,563 RESIDENTS
11.7% CALDTop: Afrikaans
Mundongo
246 RESIDENTS
10.6% CALDTop: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Tumbarumba
1,843 RESIDENTS
8.8% CALDTop: Cantonese
Adelong
842 RESIDENTS
8.0% CALDTop: Afrikaans
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Snowy Valleys.

We turn census data into targeted outreach plans: which documents to translate first, which community leaders to engage, where the gaps are.