We are Clarence Valley

2 per cent.

2 in every 100 Clarence Valley residents speak a language other than English at home. 1,066 people, in 62 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
53,690
Speak another language
1,066
Languages at home
62
Growth since last census
+43.1%

Most of us speak English at home. 1,066 of us do not, across 62 languages, most often Punjabi, German 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

#106

of 128 New South Wales councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #449 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Punjabi

113 speakers

Punjabi is spoken by 113 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Clarence Valley.

German

86 speakers

German is spoken by 86 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Clarence Valley.

Spanish

55 speakers

Spanish is spoken by 55 of our residents at home, 0.1% of Clarence Valley.

The languages of Clarence Valley

62 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
The 18 most spoken languages in Clarence Valley, covering 774 speakers. Area is speakers at the 2021 Census; tint is the change since 2016. Every figure is also in the table below.

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.

  1. 01
    Punjabi
    113+214%
  2. 02
    German
    86+8.9%
  3. 03
    Spanish
    55+48.6%
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    51+50.0%
  5. 05
    Tagalog
    49+75.0%
  6. 06
    Cantonese
    45-47.7%
  7. 07
    Gumbaynggir
    41+583%
  8. 08
    French
    40+100%
  9. 09
    Thai
    38+58.3%
  10. 10
    Afrikaans
    38+111%

Why we publish this

2.0% 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. 1,066 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

6.4% of us were born overseas, across 75 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    1,2920%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    608+12.8%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    159+59.0%
  4. 04
    Netherlands
    137-10.5%
  5. 05
    India
    136+91.5%
  6. 06
    United States of America
    105+40.0%
  7. 07
    South Africa
    100+156%
  8. 08
    Germany
    94-17.5%
  9. 09
    Scotland
    88-10.2%
  10. 10
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    51+54.5%

What we believe

Reported affiliation in Clarence Valley at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    26,682-14.3%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    20,860+53.6%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    322+16.2%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    79+68.1%
  5. 05
    Islam
    72+213%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    6

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 60 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Clarence 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

Clarence Valley
2.0%
New South Wales
25.7%
Australia
21.3%

2.0% of Clarence 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. 2.0% is 1,066 residents as a share of all 53,690 of us. A further 4,568 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 10.5%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 2.2%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Clarence 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 Clarence 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 Clarence Valley.