Mandarin
108 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has more than doubled.
Upper Hunter, New South Wales
Languages other than English in Upper Hunter
English is the only language spoken at home by about 13,000 people in Upper Hunter, according to the 2021 Census, and Mandarin is the most common of the others. Every language other than English sits below one in 100 residents. Across New South Wales, a language other than English is at least twice as common.
- Residents
- 14,151
- Speak another language
- 501
- Languages at home
- 43
- Change since 2016
- +30.1%
Who speaks something other than English in Upper Hunter?
These three top a list of small communities.
What sets Upper Hunter apart from Australia as a whole?
Upper Hunter's share is well under the national share. Upper Hunter sits in the lower half of New South Wales' councils, at 70th of 128.
- Upper Hunter
- 3.5%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.
Do Upper Hunter's suburbs differ much?
From Scone down to Murrurundi, the gap is modest.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- SconeLed by Mandarin6%369
- GlenbawnLed by French4%12
- BlandfordLed by Urdu4%13
- RossgoleLed by Dutch2%6
- Aberdeen (NSW)Led by Mandarin2%41
- Upper RouchelLed by French2%5
- Merriwa (NSW)Led by Italian2%31
- TomallaLed by Dutch2%4
- MurrurundiLed by Punjabi1%10
- Middle BrookLed by Dutch1%4
- WaverlyLed by French1%3
- Upper DartbrookLed by Dutch1%3
- Cassilis (NSW)0%0
- Wingen0%0
- Gundy0%0
- Kars Springs0%0
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 16 suburbs listed.
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
Blank answers matter here. 932 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 3.5%. Count them in and it's 10.1%; drop them from the base and it's 3.8%.
Figures for Upper Hunter itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.
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