Nepali
177 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has more than tripled.
Bathurst, New South Wales
Languages other than English in Bathurst
In Bathurst, the 2021 Census counted about 2,000 people speaking a language other than English at home, led by Nepali and Punjabi. The top two are almost level. Bathurst's share is less than half the share for the City of Sydney.
- Residents
- 43,146
- Speak another language
- 1,995
- Languages at home
- 66
- Change since 2016
- +59.7%
Which communities in Bathurst speak another language at home?
Nepali has the most speakers, though every group here is small.
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Is Bathurst typical of New South Wales?
The share for New South Wales is more than twice as high as Bathurst's. That puts Bathurst in the upper half of New South Wales' councils.
- Bathurst
- 4.6%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- City of Sydney
- 33.9%
Same method throughout, so the gap between the bars is the real gap.
Which suburbs of Bathurst have the most speakers of other languages?
Bathurst leads, Perthville trails, and the rest sit close between them.
Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.
- BathurstLed by Nepali10%739
- Llanarth (NSW)Led by Spanish7%150
- Kelso (NSW)Led by Nepali5%484
- West BathurstLed by Vietnamese4%158
- WindradyneLed by Arabic4%121
- Eglinton (NSW)Led by Afrikaans4%107
- BillywillingaLed by Afrikaans4%12
- Locksley (NSW)Led by German3%9
- AbercrombieLed by Arabic3%34
- Forest Grove (NSW)Led by Arabic3%10
- South BathurstLed by Tamil3%41
- Mount RankinLed by Russian3%11
- White Rock (NSW)Led by Mandarin2%21
- Mitchell (NSW)Led by Marathi2%24
- YetholmeLed by Arabic2%6
- Raglan (NSW)Led by Afrikaans2%23
- Glanmire (NSW)Led by Arabic2%6
- Trunkey CreekLed by Spanish2%4
- Gormans HillLed by Auslan1%6
- Sunny CornerLed by German1%4
- Hill End (NSW)Led by Hungarian1%7
- Robin HillLed by Sinhalese1%11
- Wattle Flat (NSW)Led by German1%4
- PeelLed by Serbian1%3
- Perthville0%0
- Georges Plains0%0
- The Lagoon0%0
- Rock Forest0%0
- Fitzgeralds Mount0%0
- Cow Flat0%0
- Kirkconnell0%0
- Rockley0%0
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 32 suburbs listed.
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
Blank answers matter here. 3,008 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 4.6%. Count them in and it's 11.6%; drop them from the base and it's 5.0%.
Figures for Bathurst itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.
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