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Local Government Area · New South Wales

Wagga Wagga

66,985 residents · 80+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
13.8%
9,232 people
Growth since last census
+103.3%
vs previous census
In context
0.44× New South Wales avg
0.51× national avg
Population
66,985
CALD residents
9,232
Languages spoken
80
Fastest-growing
+607%
Narrative

Why this matters

Wagga Wagga is home to 66,985 residents. 13.8% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 9,232 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Wagga Wagga 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
    Kurdish700 · 1.0%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Malayalam556 · 0.8%
    38.3%
  3. 03
    Mandarin354 · 0.5%
    29.2%
  4. 04
    Arabic319 · 0.5%
    17.3%
  5. 05
    Punjabi270 · 0.4%
    400.0%
  6. 06
    Filipino186 · 0.3%
    25.7%
  1. 01
    Nepali171 · 0.3%
    180.3%
  2. 02
    Burmese152 · 0.2%
    67.0%
  3. 03
    Tagalog133 · 0.2%
    26.9%
  4. 04
    Hindi124 · 0.2%
    19.2%
  5. 05
    Tamil118 · 0.2%
    35.6%
  6. 06
    Urdu108 · 0.2%
    58.8%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 86%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 86.2%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 13.8%
Kurdish
700 · 0.0%
Malayalam
556 · +38.3%
Mandarin
354 · +29.2%
Arabic
319 · +17.3%
Punjabi
270 · +400.0%
Filipino
186 · +25.7%
Nepali
171 · +180.3%
Burmese
152 · +67.0%
Tagalog
133 · -26.9%
Hindi
124 · +19.2%
Tamil
118 · +35.6%
Urdu
108 · +58.8%
Wiradjuri
106 · +606.7%
Sinhalese
104 · +76.3%
Fijian
100 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Kurdish700 · 1.0%
    0.0%
  2. 02
    Malayalam556 · 0.8%
    38.3%
  3. 03
    Mandarin354 · 0.5%
    29.2%
  4. 04
    Arabic319 · 0.5%
    17.3%
  5. 05
    Punjabi270 · 0.4%
    400.0%
  6. 06
    Filipino186 · 0.3%
    25.7%
  7. 07
    Nepali171 · 0.3%
    180.3%
  8. 08
    Burmese152 · 0.2%
    67.0%
  9. 09
    Tagalog133 · 0.2%
    26.9%
  10. 10
    Hindi124 · 0.2%
    19.2%
  11. 11
    Tamil118 · 0.2%
    35.6%
  12. 12
    Urdu108 · 0.2%
    58.8%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Wiradjuri
+606.7%
106 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Punjabi
+400.0%
270 speakers · 0.4% of LGA
#3
Language
Nepali
+180.3%
171 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
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