SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Walgett

5,210 residents · 23+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
30.4%
1,582 people
Growth since last census
+17.0%
vs previous census
In context
0.96× New South Wales avg
1.12× national avg
Population
5,210
CALD residents
1,582
Languages spoken
23
Fastest-growing
+233%
Narrative

Why this matters

Walgett is home to 5,210 residents. 30.4% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,582 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Walgett 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
    Serbian21 · 0.4%
    58.0%
  2. 02
    Urdu18 · 0.3%
    18.2%
  3. 03
    German18 · 0.3%
    51.4%
  4. 04
    Tagalog16 · 0.3%
    100.0%
  5. 05
    Malayalam15 · 0.3%
    36.4%
  6. 06
    Croatian14 · 0.3%
    46.2%
  1. 01
    Mandarin10 · 0.2%
    233.3%
  2. 02
    Thai10 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  3. 03
    Swedish9 · 0.2%
    125.0%
  4. 04
    Filipino8 · 0.2%
    100.0%
  5. 05
    Gamilaraay8 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  6. 06
    Telugu6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 70%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 69.6%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 30.4%
Serbian
21 · -58.0%
Urdu
18 · -18.2%
German
18 · -51.4%
Tagalog
16 · +100.0%
Malayalam
15 · +36.4%
Croatian
14 · -46.2%
Mandarin
10 · +233.3%
Thai
10 · 0.0%
Swedish
9 · +125.0%
Filipino
8 · +100.0%
Gamilaraay
8 · 0.0%
Telugu
6 · 0.0%
Gujarati
5 · -37.5%
Italian
5 · 0.0%
Estonian
5 · 0.0%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Serbian21 · 0.4%
    58.0%
  2. 02
    Urdu18 · 0.3%
    18.2%
  3. 03
    German18 · 0.3%
    51.4%
  4. 04
    Tagalog16 · 0.3%
    100.0%
  5. 05
    Malayalam15 · 0.3%
    36.4%
  6. 06
    Croatian14 · 0.3%
    46.2%
  7. 07
    Mandarin10 · 0.2%
    233.3%
  8. 08
    Thai10 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  9. 09
    Swedish9 · 0.2%
    125.0%
  10. 10
    Filipino8 · 0.2%
    100.0%
  11. 11
    Gamilaraay8 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  12. 12
    Telugu6 · 0.1%
    0.0%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Mandarin
+233.3%
10 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Swedish
+125.0%
9 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Tagalog
+100.0%
16 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Use this data

Commission a gap report for Walgett.

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