Mandarin
1,866 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 1,866 of our residents at home, 0.5% of Central Coast (NSW).
We are Central Coast (NSW)
6 per cent.
6 in every 100 Central Coast (NSW) residents speak a language other than English at home. 21k people, in 123 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 342,464
- Speak another language
- 20,583
- Languages at home
- 123
- Growth since last census
- +33.9%
Most of us speak English at home. 21k of us do not, across 123 languages, most often Mandarin, Spanish and Tagalog. 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
#47
of 128 New South Wales councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #221 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Spanish
1,719 speakers
Spanish is spoken by 1,719 of our residents at home, 0.5% of Central Coast (NSW).
Tagalog
849 speakers
Tagalog is spoken by 849 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Central Coast (NSW).
The languages of Central Coast (NSW)
123 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.
Fastest-growing among us
Punjabi
+202.0% since last census
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. 21k 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.
Punjabi grew 202.0% since the last census, to 601 speakers. A community growing at that rate is one whose translation needs are ahead of the last set of figures anyone commissioned.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
13.8% of us were born overseas, across 128 countries.
- 01England15,782+4.2%
- 02New Zealand5,723+5.4%
- 03Philippines2,318+52.1%
- 04India2,222+80.1%
- 05South Africa1,934+33.8%
- 06China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)1,755+28.2%
- 07Scotland1,6690%
- 08United States of America1,082+35.8%
- 09Ireland1,008+19.9%
- 10Germany923-1.4%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Central Coast (NSW) at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity176,389-12.6%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs138,413+50.3%
- 03Buddhism3,296+8.3%
- 04Hinduism2,107+108%
- 05Islam1,386+55.2%
- 06Judaism289+10.7%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 118 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- GosfordTop language — Nepali27%1,289
- Mangrove MountainTop language — Greek16%127
- Point FrederickTop language — Mandarin14%276
- West GosfordTop language — Mandarin14%219
- North GosfordTop language — Mandarin13%513
- East GosfordTop language — Korean12%534
- MardiTop language — Mandarin12%366
- TuggerahTop language — Mandarin11%112
- WadalbaTop language — Malayalam11%463
- The EntranceTop language — Punjabi11%452
- Hamlyn TerraceTop language — Malayalam10%894
- TascottTop language — Mandarin10%162
- NararaTop language — Malayalam10%806
- KariongTop language — Spanish10%613
- Point ClareTop language — Mandarin9%354
- WyongTop language — Mandarin9%417
- Central MangroveTop language — Greek9%22
- WatanobbiTop language — Spanish9%354
- ErinaTop language — Mandarin8%470
- Peats RidgeTop language — Malay8%23
- Springfield (Central Coast - NSW)Top language — Spanish8%343
- SomersbyTop language — Maltese8%86
- KoolewongTop language — Cantonese8%73
- WyomingTop language — Korean8%790
- Woy WoyTop language — Mandarin8%860
- Daleys PointTop language — Mandarin8%54
- KulnuraTop language — Maltese8%44
- Green Point (Central Coast - NSW)Top language — Spanish8%485
- FountaindaleTop language — Russian7%52
- LisarowTop language — Mandarin7%356
- Horsfield BayTop language — Afrikaans7%33
- Ettalong BeachTop language — Spanish7%349
- WoongarrahTop language — Malayalam7%392
- Lake HavenTop language — Mandarin6%214
- KillcareTop language — French6%32
- TerrigalTop language — Spanish6%755
- OurimbahTop language — Mandarin6%252
- Rocky Point (NSW)Top language — Cantonese6%17
- Phegans BayTop language — Spanish6%23
- Long JettyTop language — Spanish6%384
- Erina HeightsTop language — Mandarin6%25
- Umina BeachTop language — Spanish6%945
- KanwalTop language — Mandarin5%225
- Chittaway BayTop language — Spanish5%106
- Blackwall (NSW)Top language — Spanish5%101
- Wyong CreekTop language — Malay5%25
- Niagara ParkTop language — German5%142
- WarnervaleTop language — Hindi5%34
- Woy Woy BayTop language — Spanish5%20
- CopacabanaTop language — Italian5%126
- Blue HavenTop language — Spanish4%288
- Magenta (NSW)Top language — Hindi4%14
- WamberalTop language — Spanish4%307
- KincumberTop language — Afrikaans4%315
- GorokanTop language — Tongan4%361
- Killcare HeightsTop language — Mandarin4%33
- YarramalongTop language — Dutch4%21
- PatongaTop language — French4%8
- Mooney MooneyTop language — Samoan4%17
- ToukleyTop language — Italian4%174
- Pretty Beach (Central Coast - NSW)Top language — French4%21
- Glenning ValleyTop language — Spanish4%77
- Forresters BeachTop language — Greek4%123
- MatchamTop language — Hindi4%37
- St Huberts IslandTop language — Italian4%38
- Berkeley ValeTop language — Spanish4%313
- Summerland PointTop language — Greek3%94
- North AvocaTop language — Afrikaans3%77
- The Entrance NorthTop language — Arabic3%54
- Toowoon BayTop language — Key Word Sign Australia3%18
- Kincumber SouthTop language — Spanish3%24
- Macmasters BeachTop language — French3%44
- WallarahTop language — Greek3%13
- Empire BayTop language — Czech3%81
- SaratogaTop language — Spanish3%126
- CharmhavenTop language — Thai3%77
- Killarney ValeTop language — Cantonese3%236
- Tumbi UmbiTop language — Spanish3%167
- Shelly Beach (NSW)Top language — Yoruba3%39
- SpencerTop language — Mandarin3%16
- GwandalanTop language — Portuguese3%105
- Bateau BayTop language — Spanish3%341
- Bar PointTop language — Portuguese3%12
- Avoca BeachTop language — French3%120
- Lake MunmorahTop language — Arabic3%131
- Yattalunga (NSW)Top language — Greek3%15
- BensvilleTop language — German3%64
- TacomaTop language — Filipino3%18
- WyongahTop language — Mandarin2%50
- HolgateTop language — Afrikaans2%26
- WagstaffeTop language — German2%6
- Chittaway PointTop language — Cantonese2%20
- DoyalsonTop language — Arabic2%7
- Booker BayTop language — Portuguese2%31
- Buff PointTop language — Spanish2%83
- Norah HeadTop language — Italian2%26
- Mount Elliot (NSW)Top language — Russian2%5
- DooralongTop language — Romanian2%11
- Mannering ParkTop language — Portuguese2%54
- TuggerawongTop language — Tagalog2%27
- NoravilleTop language — Vietnamese2%60
- San Remo (NSW)Top language — Italian2%88
- BudgewoiTop language — Thai2%68
- HalekulaniTop language — Polish2%51
- CalgaTop language — Spanish2%4
- Blue BayTop language — Italian2%18
- JillibyTop language — Korean2%31
- Canton BeachTop language — Polish2%18
- Pearl BeachTop language — Vietnamese1%7
- DavistownTop language — Greek1%31
- Tacoma SouthTop language — Portuguese1%3
- Chain Valley BayTop language — Filipino1%24
- Picketts ValleyTop language — French1%3
- Kangy AngyTop language — Arabic1%3
- Kingfisher Shores0%0
- Doyalson North0%0
- Bouddi0%0
- Crangan Bay0%0
- 118 suburbs in Central Coast (NSW). Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Central Coast (NSW) 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
- Central Coast (NSW)
- 6.0%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
6.0% of Central Coast (NSW) 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. 6.0% is 20,583 residents as a share of all 342,464 of us. A further 17,931 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 11.2%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 6.3%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Central Coast (NSW), 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 Central Coast (NSW) 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 Central Coast (NSW).