Fijian
71 speakers
Its speaker count has more than tripled since 2016.
Inverell, New South Wales
Which languages are spoken in Inverell?
English is the only language spoken at home by 87 per cent of residents in Inverell, according to the 2021 Census, and Fijian is the most common of the others. The top two are almost level. Across New South Wales, a language other than English is at least twice as common.
- Residents
- 18,246
- Speak another language
- 576
- Languages at home
- 46
- Change since 2016
- +42.6%
Which languages other than English are spoken in Inverell?
Fijian leads a short list of small communities.
Portuguese
61 speakers
It has more than tripled since 2016.
Tagalog
53 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has fallen by more than a quarter.
How much less multilingual is Inverell than Australia as a whole?
Inverell's share is less than half the national share. In New South Wales, 75 councils rank above Inverell.
- Inverell
- 3.2%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.
Which parts of Inverell are most multilingual?
The 12 suburbs differ only a little, with Inverell highest.
Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.
- InverellLed by Fijian4%509
- CopetonLed by Afrikaans4%15
- GramanLed by German2%5
- ElsmoreLed by Arabic2%11
- Oakwood (NSW)Led by Swedish1%5
- Ashford (NSW)Led by Gamilaraay1%11
- GilgaiLed by Punjabi1%7
- WellingroveLed by Filipino1%3
- YetmanLed by Key Word Sign Australia1%3
- TinghaLed by German1%7
- Delungra0%0
- Mount Russell0%0
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 12 suburbs in all.
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.
A note on method: 1,756 residents didn't state a language, and this page doesn't count them as speaking one. That's why 3.2% sits below the 12.8% you'd get by counting every blank, and below 3.5% measured across respondents only.
Figures for Inverell itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.
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