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Very limited data is available about people from a non-English speaking background (NESB) with disability who live in NSW. The figures below are a summary of MDAA's estimations derived from information collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in various recent surveys. For each language group, population figures are based on information gathered in the 2001 census.

For more information about how these figures were calculated, please see Figures

By top 30 Languages Groups -

Language

Number of People

Number of People with disability

Arabic

145,737

26,233

Cantonese

120,859

21,755

Italian

96,798

17,424

Greek

90,204

16,237

Vietnamese

67,902

12,222

Mandarin

65,890

11,860

Spanish

49,382

8,889

Tagalog

42,872

7,717

Macedonian

30,658

5,522

Korean

30,136

5,424

Hindi

28,174

5,071

Croation

26,000

4,680

German

22,219

3,999

Serbian

20,490

3,688

Turkish

19,153

3,448

Indonesian

18,070

3,253

Polish

17,072

3,073

Maltese

16,276

2,930

French

14,469

2,604

Russian

13,862

2,495

Assyrian

13,241

2,383

Portugese

13,073

2,353

Persian

12,266

2,208

Tamil

12,108

2,179

Japanese

11,146

2,006

Samoan

10,984

1,977

Dutch

9,654

1,738

Hungarian

8,721

1,738

Khmer

8,235

1,482

Punjabi

7,750

1,395

By language spoken at home by persons who speak English not well or not at all

Language

Number of People

Number of People with disability

Cantonese

35,450

6,381

Vietnamese

26,451

4,761

Arabic(Including Lebanese)

23,027

4,145

Mandarin

19,047

3,428

Greek

14,990

2,698

Italian

14,505

2,611

Korean

11,015

1,983

Spanish

7,786

1,401

Macedonian

5,929

1,067

Serbian

4,807

865

Turkish

4,538

817

Croatian

3,943

710

Khmer

3,061

551

Russian

2,977

536

Portuguese

2,887

520

Assyrian(including Aramaic)

2,857

514

Persian

2,578

464

Chinese, n.f.d.

2,573

463

Japanese

2,496

449

Polish

2,198

396

Indonesian

2,099

378

Thai

1,770

319

Lao

1,681

303

Tagalog(Filipino)

1,579

284

Hindi

1,531

276

Maltese

1,301

234

Samoan

1,057

190

Armenian

1,025

185

Bosnian

985

177

Hungarian

970

175

Punjabi

959

173

Others

17,384

3,129

Total LOTE speakers who speak English well or not well at all

225,456

40,582

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