SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Walcha

2,965 residents · 8+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.4%
339 people
Growth since last census
+7.9%
vs previous census
In context
0.36× New South Wales avg
0.42× national avg
Population
2,965
CALD residents
339
Languages spoken
8
Fastest-growing
+33%
Narrative

Why this matters

Walcha is home to 2,965 residents. 11.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 339 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Walcha 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
    Dhanggatti10 · 0.3%
    ▲0.0%
  2. 02
    Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)8 · 0.3%
    ▲0.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin4 · 0.1%
    ▲33.3%
  4. 04
    German4 · 0.1%
    ▼42.9%
  5. 05
    Maori (Cook Island)4 · 0.1%
    ▲33.3%
  6. 06
    Tswana4 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  1. 01
    Dutch3 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  2. 02
    Punjabi3 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 89%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.4%
Dhanggatti
10 · 0.0%
Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)
8 · 0.0%
Mandarin
4 · +33.3%
German
4 · -42.9%
Maori (Cook Island)
4 · +33.3%
Tswana
4 · 0.0%
Dutch
3 · 0.0%
Punjabi
3 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Dhanggatti10 · 0.3%
    ▲0.0%
  2. 02
    Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)8 · 0.3%
    ▲0.0%
  3. 03
    Mandarin4 · 0.1%
    ▲33.3%
  4. 04
    German4 · 0.1%
    ▼42.9%
  5. 05
    Maori (Cook Island)4 · 0.1%
    ▲33.3%
  6. 06
    Tswana4 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  7. 07
    Dutch3 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
  8. 08
    Punjabi3 · 0.1%
    ▲0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Mandarin
+33.3%
4 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Maori (Cook Island)
+33.3%
4 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Dhanggatti
0.0%
10 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Woolbrook
250 RESIDENTS
21.6% CALD
Yarrowitch
167 RESIDENTS
13.2% CALD
Walcha
2,461 RESIDENTS
10.6% CALDTop: Dhanggatti
Nowendoc
87 RESIDENTS
3.4% CALD
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Walcha.

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