Cootamundra-Gundagai, New South Wales

Languages other than English in Cootamundra-Gundagai

The 2021 Census found about 290 people in Cootamundra-Gundagai speaking a language other than English at home, a small community in which Mandarin is the largest group. Not one of them is spoken by as many as one in 100 people. Cootamundra-Gundagai's share is less than half the share for New South Wales.

Residents
11,349
Speak another language
292
Languages at home
32
Change since 2016
+93.4%

Which languages are heard at home in Cootamundra-Gundagai?

The largest communities are small, but they're here: Mandarin, Fijian and Nepali.

Mandarin

67 speakers

It has more than tripled since 2016.

Fijian

21 speakers

Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.

Nepali

18 speakers

The community has more than tripled since 2016.

How does Cootamundra-Gundagai compare with the City of Sydney?

The share for the City of Sydney is more than twice as high as Cootamundra-Gundagai's. Among New South Wales councils, Cootamundra-Gundagai ranks 91st.

Cootamundra-Gundagai
2.6%
City of Sydney
33.9%
New South Wales
25.7%

Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.

Find Cootamundra-Gundagai on the diversity index.

Where in Cootamundra-Gundagai are other languages most common?

The 9 suburbs sit close together, Gundagai at the top.

The suburb names link through to their own figures.

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.

Other sources sometimes quote 10.4% for Cootamundra-Gundagai. That figure treats the 890 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 2.6%, and 2.8% is the share among those who answered.

Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.

Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.

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