Bandjalang
66 speakers
Bandjalang is spoken by 66 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Richmond Valley.
We are Richmond Valley
2 per cent.
2 in every 100 Richmond Valley residents speak a language other than English at home. 426 people, in 39 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 23,352
- Speak another language
- 426
- Languages at home
- 39
- Growth since last census
- +86.0%
Most of us speak English at home. 426 of us do not, across 39 languages, most often Bandjalang, Filipino 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
#109
of 128 New South Wales councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #464 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Filipino
38 speakers
Filipino is spoken by 38 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Richmond Valley.
Tagalog
36 speakers
Tagalog is spoken by 36 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Richmond Valley.
The languages of Richmond Valley
39 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.
- 0166+1550%
- 0238+111%
- 0336+44.0%
- 0431+72.2%
- 0525
- 0622
- 0721+5.0%
- 0819-34.5%
- 0915+50.0%
- 1013
Why we publish this
1.8% 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. 426 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
4.4% of us were born overseas, across 35 countries.
- 01England363+1.4%
- 02New Zealand182-6.7%
- 03Philippines127+18.7%
- 04United States of America48+153%
- 05Netherlands38+11.8%
- 06Nepal25
- 07South Africa23+9.5%
- 08Thailand17+54.5%
- 09Canada16+60.0%
- 10Germany15-54.5%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Richmond Valley at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity12,549-15.1%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs7,978+48.7%
- 03Buddhism93+6.9%
- 04Hinduism52+85.7%
- 05Islam28+133%
- 06Judaism3
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 24 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- Bentley (NSW)Top language — Auslan4%23
- Hogarth RangeTop language — Mandarin3%10
- TathamTop language — Auslan3%7
- Bora RidgeTop language — Bislama3%6
- DoonbahTop language — Maori (New Zealand)3%9
- The Gap (Richmond Valley - NSW)Top language — German3%9
- CorakiTop language — Bandjalang2%37
- Fairy HillTop language — Thai2%7
- CasinoTop language — Bandjalang2%231
- Myrtle Creek (NSW)Top language — Portuguese2%5
- Shannon BrookTop language — French2%4
- Evans HeadTop language — Fijian1%43
- Ellangowan (NSW)Top language — Dutch1%4
- LeevilleTop language — German1%3
- Backmede1%3
- Spring GroveTop language — Mandarin1%6
- Broadwater (Richmond Valley - NSW)Top language — Thai1%8
- North CasinoTop language — Polish1%8
- Swan Bay (Richmond Valley - NSW)Top language — Afrikaans1%3
- Woodburn (Richmond Valley - NSW)0%0
- Busbys Flat0%0
- Woodview0%0
- Stratheden0%0
- Yorklea0%0
- 24 suburbs in Richmond Valley. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Richmond Valley 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
- Richmond Valley
- 1.8%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
1.8% of Richmond Valley 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. 1.8% is 426 residents as a share of all 23,352 of us. A further 2,319 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 11.8%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 2.0%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Richmond Valley, 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 Richmond Valley 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.
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