SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Tweed

96,460 residents · 81+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.0%
10,632 people
Growth since last census
+66.8%
vs previous census
In context
0.35× New South Wales avg
0.41× national avg
Population
96,460
CALD residents
10,632
Languages spoken
81
Fastest-growing
+189%
Narrative

Why this matters

Tweed is home to 96,460 residents. 11.0% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 10,632 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Tweed 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
    Portuguese436 · 0.5%
    ▲188.7%
  2. 02
    Japanese305 · 0.3%
    ▲17.3%
  3. 03
    Punjabi296 · 0.3%
    ▲18.9%
  4. 04
    Spanish292 · 0.3%
    ▲45.3%
  5. 05
    German234 · 0.2%
    ▼7.9%
  6. 06
    French227 · 0.2%
    ▲69.4%
  1. 01
    Thai215 · 0.2%
    ▲102.8%
  2. 02
    Italian197 · 0.2%
    ▲11.3%
  3. 03
    Mandarin163 · 0.2%
    ▼14.2%
  4. 04
    Filipino128 · 0.1%
    ▲93.9%
  5. 05
    Malayalam103 · 0.1%
    ▲37.3%
  6. 06
    Tagalog91 · 0.1%
    ▼35.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.0%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.0%
Portuguese
436 · +188.7%
Japanese
305 · +17.3%
Punjabi
296 · +18.9%
Spanish
292 · +45.3%
German
234 · -7.9%
French
227 · +69.4%
Thai
215 · +102.8%
Italian
197 · +11.3%
Mandarin
163 · -14.2%
Filipino
128 · +93.9%
Malayalam
103 · +37.3%
Tagalog
91 · -35.0%
Cantonese
71 · -24.5%
Hindi
65 · +66.7%
Vietnamese
61 · +125.9%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Portuguese436 · 0.5%
    ▲188.7%
  2. 02
    Japanese305 · 0.3%
    ▲17.3%
  3. 03
    Punjabi296 · 0.3%
    ▲18.9%
  4. 04
    Spanish292 · 0.3%
    ▲45.3%
  5. 05
    German234 · 0.2%
    ▼7.9%
  6. 06
    French227 · 0.2%
    ▲69.4%
  7. 07
    Thai215 · 0.2%
    ▲102.8%
  8. 08
    Italian197 · 0.2%
    ▲11.3%
  9. 09
    Mandarin163 · 0.2%
    ▼14.2%
  10. 10
    Filipino128 · 0.1%
    ▲93.9%
  11. 11
    Malayalam103 · 0.1%
    ▲37.3%
  12. 12
    Tagalog91 · 0.1%
    ▼35.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Portuguese
+188.7%
436 speakers · 0.5% of LGA
#2
Language
Vietnamese
+125.9%
61 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Thai
+102.8%
215 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Mount Warning
430 RESIDENTS
29.8% CALDTop: German
Doon Doon
277 RESIDENTS
29.2% CALDTop: Afrikaans
Mount Burrell
546 RESIDENTS
22.7% CALDTop: German
Eungella (NSW)
351 RESIDENTS
20.8% CALDTop: Japanese
Uki
662 RESIDENTS
19.8% CALDTop: Arabic
Nobbys Creek
316 RESIDENTS
19.3% CALDTop: Thai
Carool
504 RESIDENTS
19.2% CALDTop: Japanese
Upper Crystal Creek
204 RESIDENTS
19.1% CALDTop: French
Smiths Creek (Tweed - NSW)
353 RESIDENTS
19.0% CALDTop: Auslan
Terragon
236 RESIDENTS
18.6% CALDTop: Spanish
Tygalgah
352 RESIDENTS
16.8% CALDTop: Russian
Tweed Heads West
6,167 RESIDENTS
16.4% CALDTop: Punjabi
Use this data

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