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Tamworth, New South Wales

Languages spoken in Tamworth

At the 2021 Census, one in 20 residents in Tamworth spoke a language other than English at home, most often Mandarin. On its own, no other language reaches one in 100. In the City of Sydney, a language other than English is at least twice as common.

Residents
62,597
Speak another language
3,143
Languages at home
66
Change since 2016
+75.8%

Who speaks another language at home in Tamworth?

None of these reaches one in 100 residents on its own.

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Mandarin

422 speakers

The community has grown by about three quarters since 2016.

Vietnamese

329 speakers

Between the last two censuses it has more than tripled.

Tagalog

286 speakers

It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Which languages make up most of Tamworth's multilingual community?

The quickest growth among the five is Mandarin, which has grown by about three quarters.

The five largest languages other than English, with the change since 2016. The full list is one click away.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    422+86.7%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese
    329+467%
  3. 03
    Tagalog
    286+43.0%
  4. 04
    Punjabi
    224+129%
  5. 05
    Nepali
    211+470%

How does Tamworth compare with Australia as a whole?

Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double. Within New South Wales, Tamworth ranks 52nd of 128.

Tamworth
5.0%
Australia
21.3%
City of Sydney
33.9%

Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.

Find Tamworth on the diversity index.

Where in Tamworth is a language other than English most common?

No suburb stands far apart; North Tamworth is highest and Hallsville lowest.

The suburb names link through to their own figures.

What do birthplace and religion add in Tamworth?

Among residents born overseas, England leads.

Country of birth

6.9% born overseas, across 70 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    816+11.5%
  2. 02
    Philippines
    508+27.6%
  3. 03
    India
    472+114%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    402+1.0%
  5. 05
    Vietnam
    310+546%
  6. 06
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    261+107%
  7. 07
    Nepal
    225+449%
  8. 08
    Taiwan
    170+88.9%
  9. 09
    South Africa
    116-7.9%
  10. 10
    Fiji
    90+131%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    36,493-11.4%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    19,795+68.0%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    516+148%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    338+28.0%
  5. 05
    Islam
    322+98.8%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    3

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 Tamworth. That figure treats the 4,461 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 5.0%, and 5.4% is the share among those who answered.

Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.

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