We are Inverell

3 per cent.

3 in every 100 Inverell residents speak a language other than English at home. 576 people, in 46 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.

Our population
18,246
Speak another language
576
Languages at home
46
Growth since last census
+42.6%

Most of us speak English at home. 576 of us do not, across 46 languages, most often Fijian, Portuguese and Tagalog. 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

#78

of 128 New South Wales councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #350 of 540 nationally.

What makes our community ours

Fijian

71 speakers

Fijian is spoken by 71 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Inverell.

Portuguese

61 speakers

Portuguese is spoken by 61 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Inverell.

Tagalog

53 speakers

Tagalog is spoken by 53 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Inverell.

The languages of Inverell

46 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 Inverell, covering 482 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
    Fijian
    71+545%
  2. 02
    Portuguese
    61+281%
  3. 03
    Tagalog
    53-34.6%
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    49+172%
  5. 05
    Filipino
    45-6.3%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese
    28+12.0%
  7. 07
    Thai
    23+64.3%
  8. 08
    German
    19-24.0%
  9. 09
    Malayalam
    19+35.7%
  10. 10
    Malay
    15

Why we publish this

3.2% 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. 576 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

5.7% of us were born overseas, across 40 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    231+14.4%
  2. 02
    Philippines
    126-27.2%
  3. 03
    United States of America
    124+21.6%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    113+9.7%
  5. 05
    Fiji
    79+1029%
  6. 06
    India
    54+145%
  7. 07
    Brazil
    50+285%
  8. 08
    Scotland
    31-8.8%
  9. 09
    Vietnam
    21+23.5%
  10. 10
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    19+171%

What we believe

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

  1. 01
    Christianity
    10,506-14.3%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    5,542+54.1%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    48+700%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    43-28.3%
  5. 05
    Islam
    18+100%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    4

Our suburbs

Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 12 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.

Where we are

Inverell 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

Inverell
3.2%
New South Wales
25.7%
Australia
21.3%

3.2% of Inverell 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. 3.2% is 576 residents as a share of all 18,246 of us. A further 1,756 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 12.8%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 3.5%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Inverell, 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 Inverell 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 Inverell.