German
69 speakers
About 0.2 per cent of all residents.
Kempsey, New South Wales
Languages other than English in Kempsey
Only one in 50 residents in Kempsey speak a language other than English at home, the 2021 Census shows. German is the one heard most. Mandarin is barely behind. The share for the City of Sydney is more than twice as high as Kempsey's.
- Residents
- 30,476
- Speak another language
- 615
- Languages at home
- 51
- Change since 2016
- +54.5%
Which languages are heard at home in Kempsey?
None of these reaches one in 100 residents on its own.
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Where does Kempsey sit against Australia as a whole?
The national share is more than twice as high as Kempsey's. Kempsey is 107th of 128 across New South Wales.
- Kempsey
- 2.0%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- City of Sydney
- 33.9%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Do Kempsey's suburbs differ much?
Even across 32 suburbs, the shares stay within a narrow band, led by Clybucca.
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- ClybuccaLed by Mandarin9%45
- Burnt BridgeLed by Aboriginal English, so described8%9
- BellbrookLed by Kriol7%31
- Greenhill (NSW)Led by Dhanggatti5%40
- KempseyLed by Cantonese5%22
- Deep Creek (Kempsey - NSW)Led by German4%11
- JerseyvilleLed by Japanese3%5
- Mungay CreekLed by Croatian3%8
- Crescent HeadLed by French2%39
- West KempseyLed by Malayalam2%114
- YarravelLed by German2%25
- East KempseyLed by Tagalog2%27
- FredericktonLed by Telugu2%29
- South West RocksLed by German2%91
- Verges CreekLed by Ndebele2%8
- CollombattiLed by German2%11
- WittitrinLed by Spanish2%4
- YessabahLed by Spanish2%4
- South KempseyLed by Dhanggatti2%40
- KundabungLed by Afrikaans1%9
- Stuarts PointLed by German1%13
- BarraganyattiLed by Russian1%4
- Gladstone (NSW)Led by Japanese1%4
- Hat HeadLed by Mandarin1%4
- DondingalongLed by German1%4
- AldavillaLed by German1%8
- SmithtownLed by Polish0%3
- ArakoonLed by Thai0%3
- Belmore River0%0
- Temagog0%0
- Euroka0%0
- Millbank (NSW)0%0
- 32 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
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 12.1% for Kempsey. That figure treats the 3,084 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 2.0%, and 2.2% 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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