SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Upper Hunter

14,151 residents · 35+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
10.1%
1,433 people
Growth since last census
+70.7%
vs previous census
In context
0.32× New South Wales avg
0.37× national avg
Population
14,151
CALD residents
1,433
Languages spoken
35
Fastest-growing
+250%
Narrative

Why this matters

Upper Hunter is home to 14,151 residents. 10.1% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,433 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Upper Hunter 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
    Mandarin108 · 0.8%
    107.7%
  2. 02
    Filipino29 · 0.2%
    3.3%
  3. 03
    Cantonese29 · 0.2%
    11.5%
  4. 04
    French20 · 0.1%
    233.3%
  5. 05
    Italian18 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  6. 06
    Portuguese18 · 0.1%
    10.0%
  1. 01
    Urdu17 · 0.1%
    240.0%
  2. 02
    German17 · 0.1%
    5.6%
  3. 03
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)17 · 0.1%
    183.3%
  4. 04
    Tagalog16 · 0.1%
    55.6%
  5. 05
    Malayalam16 · 0.1%
    5.9%
  6. 06
    Nepali14 · 0.1%
    250.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 90%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 89.9%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 10.1%
Mandarin
108 · +107.7%
Filipino
29 · -3.3%
Cantonese
29 · +11.5%
French
20 · +233.3%
Italian
18 · +100.0%
Portuguese
18 · -10.0%
Urdu
17 · +240.0%
German
17 · -5.6%
Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
17 · +183.3%
Tagalog
16 · -55.6%
Malayalam
16 · -5.9%
Nepali
14 · +250.0%
Dutch
14 · 0.0%
Ukrainian
10 · 0.0%
Tamil
10 · -23.1%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin108 · 0.8%
    107.7%
  2. 02
    Filipino29 · 0.2%
    3.3%
  3. 03
    Cantonese29 · 0.2%
    11.5%
  4. 04
    French20 · 0.1%
    233.3%
  5. 05
    Italian18 · 0.1%
    100.0%
  6. 06
    Portuguese18 · 0.1%
    10.0%
  7. 07
    Urdu17 · 0.1%
    240.0%
  8. 08
    German17 · 0.1%
    5.6%
  9. 09
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)17 · 0.1%
    183.3%
  10. 10
    Tagalog16 · 0.1%
    55.6%
  11. 11
    Malayalam16 · 0.1%
    5.9%
  12. 12
    Nepali14 · 0.1%
    250.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+250.0%
14 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Urdu
+240.0%
17 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
French
+233.3%
20 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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