Filipino
27 speakers
The community has more than tripled since 2016.
Moree Plains, New South Wales
Languages spoken in Moree Plains
The 2021 Census found one in 35 residents in Moree Plains speaking a language other than English at home, a small community in which Filipino is the largest group. Only a small margin separates Nepali from the leader. In the City of Sydney, a language other than English is at least twice as common.
- Residents
- 12,772
- Speak another language
- 389
- Languages at home
- 47
- Change since 2016
- +7.2%
Which languages are heard at home in Moree Plains?
The largest communities are small, but they're here: Filipino, Nepali and Cantonese.
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How does Moree Plains compare with Australia as a whole?
Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double. Moree Plains is 86th of 128 across New South Wales.
- Moree Plains
- 3.0%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- City of Sydney
- 33.9%
Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.
How even is Moree Plains from suburb to suburb?
Across 8 suburbs, Mungindi leads narrowly.
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- Mungindi (NSW)Led by Afrikaans4%22
- MoreeLed by Gamilaraay4%338
- BoggabillaLed by Gamilaraay2%22
- BullarahLed by Indonesian1%3
- Terry Hie HieLed by Indonesian1%4
- Pallamallawa0%0
- Boomi0%0
- Ashley0%0
- 8 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 23.7% for Moree Plains. That figure treats the 2,632 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 3.0%, and 3.8% 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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