SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Tenterfield

6,775 residents · 14+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.9%
805 people
Growth since last census
+44.3%
vs previous census
In context
0.38× New South Wales avg
0.44× national avg
Population
6,775
CALD residents
805
Languages spoken
14
Fastest-growing
+133%
Narrative

Why this matters

Tenterfield is home to 6,775 residents. 11.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 805 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Tenterfield 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
    German22 · 0.3%
    37.5%
  2. 02
    Italian21 · 0.3%
    5.0%
  3. 03
    Punjabi14 · 0.2%
    133.3%
  4. 04
    Bislama13 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans11 · 0.2%
    57.1%
  6. 06
    Polish7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Sinhalese6 · 0.1%
    25.0%
  2. 02
    Gujarati5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Bisaya4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  4. 04
    Swedish4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Wiradjuri4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Arabic3 · 0.0%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 88%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.9%
German
22 · +37.5%
Italian
21 · +5.0%
Punjabi
14 · +133.3%
Bislama
13 · 0.0%
Afrikaans
11 · +57.1%
Polish
7 · 0.0%
Sinhalese
6 · -25.0%
Gujarati
5 · 0.0%
Bisaya
4 · 0.0%
Swedish
4 · 0.0%
Wiradjuri
4
Arabic
3
Telugu
3
Hindi
3
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    German22 · 0.3%
    37.5%
  2. 02
    Italian21 · 0.3%
    5.0%
  3. 03
    Punjabi14 · 0.2%
    133.3%
  4. 04
    Bislama13 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  5. 05
    Afrikaans11 · 0.2%
    57.1%
  6. 06
    Polish7 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Sinhalese6 · 0.1%
    25.0%
  8. 08
    Gujarati5 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Bisaya4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  10. 10
    Swedish4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  11. 11
    Wiradjuri4 · 0.1%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Arabic3 · 0.0%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Punjabi
+133.3%
14 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Afrikaans
+57.1%
11 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
German
+37.5%
22 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Use this data

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