German
135 speakers
German is spoken by 135 of our residents at home, 0.6% of Snowy Monaro.
We are Snowy Monaro
5 per cent.
5 in every 100 Snowy Monaro residents speak a language other than English at home. 1,054 people, in 57 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 21,292
- Speak another language
- 1,054
- Languages at home
- 57
- Growth since last census
- +19.2%
Most of us speak English at home. 1,054 of us do not, across 57 languages, most often German, Mandarin and Spanish. 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
#52
of 128 New South Wales councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #255 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Mandarin
123 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 123 of our residents at home, 0.6% of Snowy Monaro.
Spanish
90 speakers
Spanish is spoken by 90 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Snowy Monaro.
The languages of Snowy Monaro
57 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
5.0% 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. 1,054 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
11.3% of us were born overseas, across 70 countries.
- 01England641-0.8%
- 02New Zealand290+16.9%
- 03Germany167-7.7%
- 04United States of America87+64.2%
- 05Taiwan85+80.9%
- 06Thailand84+115%
- 07China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)78+105%
- 08Italy74+7.2%
- 09South Africa73+62.2%
- 10India70+233%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Snowy Monaro at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity9,888-11.8%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs9,061+48.6%
- 03Buddhism190+19.5%
- 04Islam106+79.7%
- 05Hinduism71+788%
- 06Judaism5-72.2%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 36 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- Perisher ValleyTop language — Mandarin20%20
- BurrungubuggeTop language — Italian15%10
- ThredboTop language — Mandarin9%35
- BumbalongTop language — German8%10
- Cooma (NSW)Top language — Italian7%495
- JindabyneTop language — Mandarin6%159
- Grosses PlainTop language — Afrikaans6%19
- Dairymans PlainsTop language — Afrikaans6%18
- BunyanTop language — Arabic5%21
- MichelagoTop language — German5%32
- BungarbyTop language — Russian4%15
- East JindabyneTop language — German4%38
- NumerallaTop language — Mandarin4%10
- BredboTop language — Dutch4%15
- MoonbahTop language — Mandarin4%42
- Anglers ReachTop language — Italian4%7
- CootralantraTop language — Spanish3%11
- BadjaTop language — Czech3%4
- BerridaleTop language — German3%44
- BinjuraTop language — German2%8
- Steeple FlatTop language — Polish2%4
- Maffra (NSW)Top language — German2%4
- BombalaTop language — German2%20
- CoolumbookaTop language — Czech2%4
- AdaminabyTop language — Spanish1%3
- KalkiteTop language — German1%3
- NimmitabelTop language — Punjabi1%3
- Cathcart (NSW)0%0
- Dalgety0%0
- Delegate0%0
- Craigie (NSW)0%0
- Williamsdale0%0
- Glen Fergus0%0
- Yaouk0%0
- Polo Flat0%0
- Tantangara0%0
- 36 suburbs in Snowy Monaro. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Snowy Monaro 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
- Snowy Monaro
- 5.0%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
5.0% of Snowy Monaro 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. 5.0% is 1,054 residents as a share of all 21,292 of us. A further 1,723 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 13.0%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 5.4%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Snowy Monaro, 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 Snowy Monaro 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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