Nepali
759 speakers
The community has more than tripled since 2016.
Dubbo, New South Wales
Dubbo's multilingual community
The 2021 Census found one in 15 residents in Dubbo speaking a language other than English at home, with Nepali and Punjabi the largest groups. Just one language is spoken by at least one in 100 people. Dubbo's share is less than half the share for New South Wales.
- Residents
- 54,092
- Speak another language
- 3,663
- Languages at home
- 70
- Change since 2016
- +83.6%
Who speaks another language at home in Dubbo?
Nepali, Punjabi and Malayalam have the most speakers.
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Which languages make up most of Dubbo's multilingual community?
The quickest growth among the five is Nepali, which has more than tripled.
The five largest languages other than English, with the change since 2016. The full list is one click away.
How does Dubbo compare with the City of Sydney?
The share for the City of Sydney is more than twice as high as Dubbo's. Within New South Wales, Dubbo ranks 44th of 128.
- Dubbo
- 6.8%
- 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.
How does the share change across Dubbo's suburbs?
The share barely changes across 19 suburbs; Dubbo is highest.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- DubboLed by Nepali8%3,469
- Wellington (NSW)Led by Spanish4%145
- BrocklehurstLed by Latvian4%8
- MontefioresLed by Malayalam3%18
- Elong ElongLed by Greek2%4
- TerramungamineLed by Greek1%5
- GeurieLed by Filipino1%7
- Stuart TownLed by Wiradjuri1%3
- WongarbonLed by Tagalog0%4
- Bodangora0%0
- Eumungerie0%0
- Mount Arthur0%0
- Eurimbla0%0
- Mumbil0%0
- Ballimore0%0
- Goonoo Forest0%0
- North Yeoval0%0
- Apsley (NSW)0%0
- Comobella0%0
- 19 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Where were Dubbo's residents born?
Among residents born overseas, India leads.
Country of birth
8.1% born overseas, across 78 countries.
- 01India740+112%
- 02Nepal682+238%
- 03England556+3.7%
- 04New Zealand374+9.4%
- 05Philippines352+98.9%
- 06China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)180+11.8%
- 07Sri Lanka169+39.7%
- 08Pakistan162+179%
- 09Bangladesh140+115%
- 10South Africa77+16.7%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity30,925-8.9%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs14,847+66.6%
- 03Hinduism1,248+184%
- 04Islam509+113%
- 05Buddhism344+29.8%
- 06Judaism140%
Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.
Other sources sometimes quote 17.0% for Dubbo. That figure treats the 5,541 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 6.8%, and 7.5% is the share among those who answered.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
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