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31st of 542 local government areas for language diversity

Campbelltown's languages and how they're changing

The 2021 Census found about 61,000 people in Campbelltown speaking a language other than English at home, with Arabic and Bengali out in front. The top two are almost level. Campbelltown runs ahead of New South Wales on this measure.

Residents
175,535
Speak another language
61,272
Languages at home
138
Change since 2016
+34.4%

Which communities in Campbelltown have grown since 2016?

Among the five biggest languages, Bengali and Nepali have grown by more than half since 2016. The total speaking a language other than English at home rose by more than a quarter between the two censuses.

  1. 01
    Nepali
    4,309+244%
  2. 02
    Telugu
    478+203%
  3. 03
    Kannada
    328+91.8%
  4. 04
    Urdu
    2,455+75.4%
  5. 05
    Punjabi
    1,974+74.1%
  6. 06
    Fijian
    381+68.6%
  7. 07
    Serbian
    577+67.7%
  8. 08
    Tamil
    886+63.2%

What are Campbelltown's three biggest languages?

By number of speakers, these three lead.

Arabic

7,477 speakers

Between the last two censuses it has grown by more than a quarter.

Bengali

7,440 speakers

The community has grown by more than half since 2016.

Nepali

4,309 speakers

Its speaker count has more than tripled since 2016.

How does Campbelltown compare with Australia as a whole now?

Nationally, the share speaking another language is lower than in Campbelltown. Campbelltown ranks 15th in New South Wales, in the top half.

Campbelltown (NSW)
34.9%
Australia
21.3%
New South Wales
25.7%

Same method throughout, so the gap between the bars is the real gap.

The full diversity index, with Campbelltown highlighted.

How has each of Campbelltown's top languages changed?

Counts are people who speak the language at home; the chip is their change since 2016. Catch-all ABS groups aren't listed.

  1. 01
    Arabic
    7,477+38.3%
  2. 02
    Bengali
    7,440+62.1%
  3. 03
    Nepali
    4,309+244%
  4. 04
    Hindi
    3,772+2.0%
  5. 05
    Samoan
    3,104-6.3%
  6. 06
    Tagalog
    2,724+17.9%
  7. 07
    Spanish
    2,672+3.0%
  8. 08
    Urdu
    2,455+75.4%
  9. 09
    Mandarin
    2,014+23.8%
  10. 10
    Punjabi
    1,974+74.1%

Where in Campbelltown are other languages most common?

Suburbs differ a lot, from Bardia at the top to Gilead at the bottom.

Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.

Where were Campbelltown's residents born?

After Australia, most residents born overseas came from India.

Country of birth

33.0% born overseas, across 146 countries.

  1. 01
    India
    6,803+48.0%
  2. 02
    Bangladesh
    5,470+63.1%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    5,029+21.1%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    4,331+1.0%
  5. 05
    Nepal
    3,672+237%
  6. 06
    England
    3,422-13.0%
  7. 07
    Fiji
    2,958+8.5%
  8. 08
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    1,931+31.4%
  9. 09
    Samoa
    1,823+9.1%
  10. 10
    Pakistan
    1,741+64.7%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    85,182-6.3%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    39,383+37.1%
  3. 03
    Islam
    20,559+64.4%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    12,379+76.1%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    4,789+18.0%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    25-21.9%

How does Campbelltown look on the map?

Shade reflects the share speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home; council boundaries are from the ABS ASGS 2021. Explore the full Language Map.

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.

How the headline share is counted: 34.9% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 11,348 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 41.4%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 37.3%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.

Figures for Campbelltown 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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