Gamilaraay
44 speakers
Gamilaraay is spoken by 44 of our residents at home, 0.6% of Liverpool Plains.
We are Liverpool Plains
2 per cent.
2 in every 100 Liverpool Plains residents speak a language other than English at home. 160 people, in 21 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 7,516
- Speak another language
- 160
- Languages at home
- 21
- Growth since last census
- +255.6%
Most of us speak English at home. 160 of us do not, across 21 languages, most often Gamilaraay, Malayalam and Nepali. 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
#98
of 128 New South Wales councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #426 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Malayalam
11 speakers
Malayalam is spoken by 11 of our residents at home, 0.1% of Liverpool Plains.
Nepali
11 speakers
Nepali is spoken by 11 of our residents at home, 0.1% of Liverpool Plains.
The languages of Liverpool Plains
21 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
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.
Why we publish this
2.1% 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. 160 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
3.3% of us were born overseas, across 21 countries.
- 01England96-16.5%
- 02New Zealand62+29.2%
- 03India18+100%
- 04Nepal14
- 05Ireland9
- 06Philippines8+100%
- 07Spain7
- 08Belgium6
- 09United States of America4+33.3%
- 10Bangladesh4
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Liverpool Plains at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity4,445-17.8%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs2,062+50.5%
- 03Hinduism13+225%
- 04Buddhism11-8.3%
- 05Islam7-36.4%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 11 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- CaroonaTop language — Gamilaraay62%55
- PremerTop language — Slovene3%5
- QuirindiTop language — Malayalam2%71
- Warrah CreekTop language — Bengali2%7
- Werris CreekTop language — Gamilaraay1%15
- CurrabubulaTop language — Danish1%4
- Willow TreeTop language — Gamilaraay1%3
- Wallabadah0%0
- Spring Ridge0%0
- Quipolly0%0
- Blackville0%0
- 11 suburbs in Liverpool Plains. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Liverpool Plains 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
- Liverpool Plains
- 2.1%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
2.1% of Liverpool Plains 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. 2.1% is 160 residents as a share of all 7,516 of us. A further 852 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 13.5%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 2.4%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Liverpool Plains, 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 Liverpool Plains 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 Liverpool Plains.