Nepali
177 speakers
Nepali is spoken by 177 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Bathurst.
We are Bathurst
5 per cent.
5 in every 100 Bathurst residents speak a language other than English at home. 1,995 people, in 66 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 43,146
- Speak another language
- 1,995
- Languages at home
- 66
- Growth since last census
- +59.7%
Most of us speak English at home. 1,995 of us do not, across 66 languages, most often Nepali, Punjabi and Arabic. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In New South Wales
#55
of 128 New South Wales councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #268 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Punjabi
161 speakers
Punjabi is spoken by 161 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Bathurst.
Arabic
135 speakers
Arabic is spoken by 135 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Bathurst.
The languages of Bathurst
66 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.
Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Every language, in order
Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.
Why we publish this
4.6% of us
We share this portrait because a council below the New South Wales average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 1,995 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
8.3% of us were born overseas, across 76 countries.
- 01England862+6.8%
- 02New Zealand419-4.3%
- 03India360+132%
- 04Philippines227+90.8%
- 05Nepal169+302%
- 06Scotland135+23.9%
- 07South Africa920%
- 08China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)91-24.8%
- 09Sri Lanka82+128%
- 10Germany73+12.3%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Bathurst at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity24,257-7.9%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs14,228+51.4%
- 03Hinduism429+129%
- 04Buddhism291-2.7%
- 05Islam268+50.6%
- 06Judaism3
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 32 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- BathurstTop language — Nepali10%739
- Llanarth (NSW)Top language — Spanish7%150
- Kelso (NSW)Top language — Nepali5%484
- West BathurstTop language — Vietnamese4%158
- WindradyneTop language — Arabic4%121
- Eglinton (NSW)Top language — Afrikaans4%107
- BillywillingaTop language — Afrikaans4%12
- Locksley (NSW)Top language — German3%9
- AbercrombieTop language — Arabic3%34
- Forest Grove (NSW)Top language — Arabic3%10
- South BathurstTop language — Tamil3%41
- Mount RankinTop language — Russian3%11
- White Rock (NSW)Top language — Mandarin2%21
- Mitchell (NSW)Top language — Marathi2%24
- YetholmeTop language — Arabic2%6
- Raglan (NSW)Top language — Afrikaans2%23
- Glanmire (NSW)Top language — Arabic2%6
- Trunkey CreekTop language — Spanish2%4
- Gormans HillTop language — Auslan1%6
- Sunny CornerTop language — German1%4
- Hill End (NSW)Top language — Hungarian1%7
- Robin HillTop language — Sinhalese1%11
- Wattle Flat (NSW)Top language — German1%4
- PeelTop language — Serbian1%3
- Perthville0%0
- Georges Plains0%0
- The Lagoon0%0
- Rock Forest0%0
- Fitzgeralds Mount0%0
- Cow Flat0%0
- Kirkconnell0%0
- Rockley0%0
- 32 suburbs in Bathurst. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Bathurst shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.
In context
- Bathurst
- 4.6%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
4.6% of Bathurst residents speak a language other than English at home, against 25.7% for New South Wales and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
How the headline share is counted. 4.6% is 1,995 residents as a share of all 43,146 of us. A further 3,008 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 11.6%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 5.0%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Bathurst, it is almost certainly one of those two.
Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Bathurst figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.
Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Bathurst.