Serbian
21 speakers
The community has fallen by more than a quarter since 2016.
Walgett, New South Wales
Which languages are spoken in Walgett?
Serbian is the most common language after English in Walgett, though only one in 25 residents speak anything other than English at home, the 2021 Census found. Only a small margin separates German from the leader. The share across New South Wales is at least twice Walgett's.
- Residents
- 5,092
- Speak another language
- 200
- Languages at home
- 32
- Change since 2016
- −19.7%
What's spoken in Walgett apart from English?
None of these reaches one in 100 residents on its own.
How does Walgett compare with the City of Sydney?
In the City of Sydney, the share speaking another language is more than double. Within New South Wales, Walgett ranks 64th of 128.
- Walgett
- 3.9%
- City of Sydney
- 33.9%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
How even is Walgett from suburb to suburb?
With 6 suburbs, there isn't a big gap between them; Lightning Ridge leads.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- Lightning RidgeLed by Serbian7%142
- CarindaLed by Swedish3%5
- WalgettLed by Mandarin2%43
- CollarenebriLed by Malayalam1%10
- Burren Junction0%0
- Cumborah0%0
- 6 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
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 30.5% for Walgett. That figure treats the 1,351 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 3.9%, and 5.3% is the share among those who answered.
National totals here run slightly under ABS published figures, because summing suburbs misses people without a usual address. Broad ABS categories count in the totals but not in the ranked lists.
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