SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Yass Valley

16,991 residents · 43+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
7.9%
1,342 people
Growth since last census
+40.3%
vs previous census
In context
0.25× New South Wales avg
0.29× national avg
Population
16,991
CALD residents
1,342
Languages spoken
43
Fastest-growing
+333%
Narrative

Why this matters

Yass Valley is home to 16,991 residents. 7.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 1,342 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Yass Valley 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
    Croatian44 · 0.3%
    18.5%
  2. 02
    German43 · 0.3%
    27.1%
  3. 03
    Mandarin35 · 0.2%
    7.9%
  4. 04
    Arabic31 · 0.2%
    3.1%
  5. 05
    Italian31 · 0.2%
    106.7%
  6. 06
    Punjabi26 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  1. 01
    Spanish20 · 0.1%
    4.8%
  2. 02
    Polish19 · 0.1%
    137.5%
  3. 03
    Greek18 · 0.1%
    38.5%
  4. 04
    Vietnamese18 · 0.1%
    25.0%
  5. 05
    Malayalam15 · 0.1%
    25.0%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans14 · 0.1%
    12.5%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 92%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 92.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 7.9%
Croatian
44 · -18.5%
German
43 · -27.1%
Mandarin
35 · -7.9%
Arabic
31 · -3.1%
Italian
31 · +106.7%
Punjabi
26 · 0.0%
Spanish
20 · -4.8%
Polish
19 · +137.5%
Greek
18 · +38.5%
Vietnamese
18 · -25.0%
Malayalam
15 · +25.0%
Afrikaans
14 · -12.5%
Dutch
14 · -50.0%
Thai
14 · +180.0%
Portuguese
13 · +333.3%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Croatian44 · 0.3%
    18.5%
  2. 02
    German43 · 0.3%
    27.1%
  3. 03
    Mandarin35 · 0.2%
    7.9%
  4. 04
    Arabic31 · 0.2%
    3.1%
  5. 05
    Italian31 · 0.2%
    106.7%
  6. 06
    Punjabi26 · 0.2%
    0.0%
  7. 07
    Spanish20 · 0.1%
    4.8%
  8. 08
    Polish19 · 0.1%
    137.5%
  9. 09
    Greek18 · 0.1%
    38.5%
  10. 10
    Vietnamese18 · 0.1%
    25.0%
  11. 11
    Malayalam15 · 0.1%
    25.0%
  12. 12
    Afrikaans14 · 0.1%
    12.5%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Portuguese
+333.3%
13 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#2
Language
Thai
+180.0%
14 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
#3
Language
Polish
+137.5%
19 speakers · 0.1% of LGA
Use this data

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