We are Eurobodalla

3 per cent.

3 in every 100 Eurobodalla residents speak a language other than English at home. 1,211 people, in 68 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
40,275
Speak another language
1,211
Languages at home
68
Growth since last census
+14.5%

Most of us speak English at home. 1,211 of us do not, across 68 languages, most often Italian, German and Croatian. 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

#81

of 128 New South Wales councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #360 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Italian

115 speakers

Italian is spoken by 115 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Eurobodalla.

German

112 speakers

German is spoken by 112 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Eurobodalla.

Croatian

75 speakers

Croatian is spoken by 75 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Eurobodalla.

The languages of Eurobodalla

68 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 Eurobodalla, covering 892 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. 01115+29.2%
  2. 02112-38.5%
  3. 0375-5.1%
  4. 0469+27.8%
  5. 0561+135%
  6. 0659+5.4%
  7. 0751+410%
  8. 0850+16.3%
  9. 0946+15.0%
  10. 1038-20.8%

Why we publish this

3.0% 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. 1,211 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

11.3% of us were born overseas, across 73 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    1,922+5.7%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    528+10.5%
  3. 03
    Germany
    279-12.0%
  4. 04
    Scotland
    204-21.5%
  5. 05
    India
    159+148%
  6. 06
    Netherlands
    159-7.0%
  7. 07
    Philippines
    124+63.2%
  8. 08
    South Africa
    104+35.1%
  9. 09
    United States of America
    101+8.6%
  10. 10
    Croatia
    81-18.2%

What we believe

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

  1. 01
    Christianity
    18,902-10.1%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    17,275+46.5%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    268-17.3%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    95+75.9%
  5. 05
    Islam
    75+188%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    4-73.3%

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 39 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Eurobodalla 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

Eurobodalla
3.0%
New South Wales
25.7%
Australia
21.3%

3.0% of Eurobodalla 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. 3.0% is 1,211 residents as a share of all 40,275 of us. A further 3,032 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 3.3%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Eurobodalla, 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 Eurobodalla 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 Eurobodalla.