German
22 speakers
It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Tenterfield, New South Wales
Languages spoken in Tenterfield
The 2021 Census found 107 people in Tenterfield speaking a language other than English at home, a small community in which German is the largest group. Only a small margin separates Italian from the leader. Nationally, the share speaking another language is more than double.
- Residents
- 6,414
- Speak another language
- 107
- Languages at home
- 23
- Change since 2016
- +7.0%
What's spoken in Tenterfield apart from English?
Small as they are, German, Italian and Punjabi are the largest.
How does Tenterfield compare with the City of Sydney?
In the City of Sydney, the share speaking another language is more than double. Among New South Wales councils, Tenterfield ranks 111th.
- Tenterfield
- 1.7%
- City of Sydney
- 33.9%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
Which parts of Tenterfield are most multilingual?
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- Torrington (NSW)Led by German4%14
- Sandy FlatLed by German2%5
- Boonoo BoonooLed by Afrikaans2%8
- DrakeLed by Polish2%7
- TenterfieldLed by Italian2%68
- Legume1%5
- Koreelah0%0
- Urbenville0%0
- Jennings0%0
- 9 suburbs in Tenterfield. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
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.
Other sources sometimes quote 11.5% for Tenterfield. That figure treats the 628 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 1.7%, and 1.8% 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.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
Reaching these communities in their own languages? Talk to us about translation for Tenterfield.