German
97 speakers
German is spoken by 97 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Bega Valley.
We are Bega Valley
3 per cent.
3 in every 100 Bega Valley residents speak a language other than English at home. 896 people, in 51 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 35,715
- Speak another language
- 896
- Languages at home
- 51
- Growth since last census
- +33.9%
Most of us speak English at home. 896 of us do not, across 51 languages, most often German, Thai and Spanish. 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
#94
of 128 New South Wales councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #399 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Thai
62 speakers
Thai is spoken by 62 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Bega Valley.
Spanish
57 speakers
Spanish is spoken by 57 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Bega Valley.
The languages of Bega Valley
51 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
2.5% 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. 896 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
10.0% of us were born overseas, across 60 countries.
- 01England1,534+5.3%
- 02New Zealand422+13.7%
- 03Germany231+17.9%
- 04Netherlands169-2.9%
- 05United States of America141+25.9%
- 06Scotland140+32.1%
- 07Philippines135+55.2%
- 08South Africa91+37.9%
- 09India79+163%
- 10Canada55+104%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Bega Valley at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs17,104+43.7%
- 02Christianity15,045-13.3%
- 03Buddhism310-2.8%
- 04Hinduism102+137%
- 05Islam44+214%
- 06Judaism30+131%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 44 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- MerimbulaTop language — Thai4%164
- TarragandaTop language — Auslan4%12
- CobargoTop language — German4%23
- WolumlaTop language — Finnish3%35
- Tura BeachTop language — Hungarian3%116
- NumbuggaTop language — Dutch3%6
- BegaTop language — Spanish3%172
- WallagootTop language — German3%21
- BourndaTop language — Afrikaans3%4
- Greigs FlatTop language — Croatian3%6
- BrogoTop language — French3%16
- BermaguiTop language — Italian3%50
- Green CapeTop language — Thai2%7
- TathraTop language — Malayalam2%37
- EdenTop language — Mandarin2%83
- YowrieTop language — German2%6
- Stony Creek (Bega Valley - NSW)Top language — Dutch2%7
- BembokaTop language — German2%12
- Lochiel (NSW)Top language — Finnish2%8
- KalaruTop language — French2%16
- Greendale (Bega Valley - NSW)Top language — Danish2%5
- MiradorTop language — Italian2%12
- PambulaTop language — Norwegian2%17
- BerramboolTop language — Italian2%6
- Wallaga LakeTop language — Czech1%8
- Coolagolite1%4
- CandeloTop language — French1%9
- MogillaTop language — Mandarin1%3
- Pambula BeachTop language — Greek1%7
- Buckajo1%5
- Bald Hills (NSW)1%3
- ChinnockTop language — French1%3
- WapengoTop language — Cantonese1%3
- Wyndham (NSW)Top language — Hungarian1%4
- South PambulaTop language — Thai1%3
- ToothdaleTop language — German1%3
- Millingandi0%0
- Verona0%0
- Towamba0%0
- Nethercote0%0
- Broadwater (Bega Valley - NSW)0%0
- Dignams Creek0%0
- Quaama0%0
- Nungatta0%0
- 44 suburbs in Bega Valley. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Bega Valley 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
- Bega Valley
- 2.5%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
2.5% of Bega Valley 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. 2.5% is 896 residents as a share of all 35,715 of us. A further 2,438 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 9.3%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 2.7%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Bega Valley, 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 Bega Valley 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 Bega Valley.