Punjabi
1,815 speakers
Its speaker count has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Languages spoken in Coffs Harbour
Most of Coffs Harbour speaks English at home, but 8.2 per cent of residents don't, the 2021 Census shows, and Punjabi leads among them. Only one language reaches one in 100 residents. The share nationally is at least twice Coffs Harbour's.
- Residents
- 77,856
- Speak another language
- 6,375
- Languages at home
- 108
- Change since 2016
- +35.5%
Which languages other than English are spoken most in Coffs Harbour?
These are the three languages other than English with the most speakers.
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What are Coffs Harbour's five largest language communities?
Mandarin has grown by more than half since 2016.
The largest five communities, beside their change on the previous census.
How big is Coffs Harbour's multilingual community next to New South Wales?
Across New South Wales, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Coffs Harbour ranks 41st in New South Wales, in the top half.
- Coffs Harbour
- 8.2%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Same method throughout, so the gap between the bars is the real gap.
How does the share change across Coffs Harbour's suburbs?
Woolgoolga tops the list, but the spread across 28 suburbs is narrow.
Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.
- WoolgoolgaLed by Punjabi22%1,337
- ArrawarraLed by Tongan15%87
- Coffs HarbourLed by Kurdish10%2,794
- Sandy BeachLed by Punjabi10%275
- Arrawarra HeadlandLed by Punjabi9%56
- BundagenLed by German9%9
- Safety Beach (NSW)Led by Punjabi8%84
- North Boambee ValleyLed by Punjabi8%172
- Corindi BeachLed by Punjabi7%141
- KororaLed by Malay7%192
- Upper OraraLed by German7%59
- Upper CorindiLed by Punjabi7%17
- Sapphire BeachLed by Arabic6%161
- Bucca (NSW)Led by German5%32
- BoambeeLed by Punjabi5%85
- MullawayLed by Mandarin5%27
- BonvilleLed by German4%122
- ToorminaLed by Punjabi4%233
- Emerald BeachLed by Spanish4%96
- KarangiLed by German4%18
- Boambee EastLed by Punjabi3%174
- Moonee BeachLed by Punjabi3%64
- Nana GlenLed by German3%29
- SawtellLed by Dutch2%88
- BrooklanaLed by Bisaya2%5
- CorambaLed by Italian2%14
- Red RockLed by Japanese1%4
- Lowanna0%0
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 28 suburbs in all.
What do birthplace and religion add in Coffs Harbour?
The largest group born overseas comes from England.
Country of birth
13.4% born overseas, across 108 countries.
- 01England2,517+1.2%
- 02India1,341+29.4%
- 03New Zealand1,122+7.9%
- 04Myanmar422+45.5%
- 05Iraq384+12700%
- 06Philippines372+51.2%
- 07South Africa368+35.8%
- 08Germany350+3.9%
- 09Malaysia330+267%
- 10Scotland262+5.2%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity35,140-11.0%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs33,097+44.2%
- 03Buddhism769+8.6%
- 04Islam397-10.4%
- 05Hinduism315+69.4%
- 06Judaism30-3.2%
Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.
How the headline share is counted: 8.2% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 4,727 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 14.3%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 8.7%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.
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