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18th of 542 local government areas for language diversity

Blacktown's languages and how they're changing

The 2021 Census found about 175,000 people in Blacktown speaking a language other than English at home, with Punjabi and Hindi out in front. Over 100 languages clear ten speakers, 122 in all. That puts Blacktown 18th in the country for language diversity.

Residents
384,385
Speak another language
174,811
Languages at home
163
Change since 2016
+33.2%

Which communities in Blacktown have grown since 2016?

Among the five biggest languages, Punjabi and Gujarati have grown by more than half since 2016. The total speaking a language other than English at home rose by more than a quarter between the two censuses. Smaller but quicker, Kannada has more than doubled since 2016.

  1. 01
    Kannada
    947+168%
  2. 02
    Nepali
    4,283+166%
  3. 03
    Telugu
    4,089+138%
  4. 04
    Fijian Hindustani
    627+134%
  5. 05
    Malayalam
    2,855+126%
  6. 06
    Marathi
    1,555+118%
  7. 07
    Hazaraghi
    893+115%
  8. 08
    Gujarati
    9,100+108%

What are Blacktown's three biggest languages?

By number of speakers, these three lead.

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languagesLEXIGO works in multicultural communication. First Nations languages are optional to display and are not counted in the multicultural rankings.

Punjabi

20,314 speakers

Between the last two censuses it has grown by about three quarters.

Hindi

17,140 speakers

The community has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Tagalog

14,872 speakers

Spoken at home by 3.9 per cent of residents.

Has Blacktown overtaken New South Wales?

Blacktown runs ahead of New South Wales on this measure. In New South Wales, 10 councils rank higher.

Blacktown
45.5%
New South Wales
25.7%
Australia
21.3%

Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.

See where Blacktown sits on the diversity index.

How has each of Blacktown's top languages changed?

Counts are people who speak the language at home; the chip is their change since 2016. Catch-all ABS groups aren't listed.

  1. 01
    Punjabi
    20,314+70.5%
  2. 02
    Hindi
    17,140+29.5%
  3. 03
    Tagalog
    14,872+10.4%
  4. 04
    Arabic
    11,441+14.8%
  5. 05
    Gujarati
    9,100+108%
  6. 06
    Urdu
    8,410+52.5%
  7. 07
    Filipino
    7,595+19.2%
  8. 08
    Tamil
    7,422+66.0%
  9. 09
    Mandarin
    6,781+44.7%
  10. 10
    Bengali
    4,416+33.8%

Which suburbs of Blacktown have the highest share of other languages?

Suburbs differ a lot, from Nirimba Fields at the top to Tregear at the bottom.

Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.

Which countries were Blacktown's residents born in?

India is the most common birthplace after Australia.

Country of birth

42.8% born overseas, across 161 countries.

  1. 01
    India
    46,191+84.9%
  2. 02
    Philippines
    25,034+14.9%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    8,323+3.5%
  4. 04
    Fiji
    7,530+9.1%
  5. 05
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    6,066+35.3%
  6. 06
    Pakistan
    5,972+47.8%
  7. 07
    Sri Lanka
    5,577+24.6%
  8. 08
    England
    4,726-9.6%
  9. 09
    Nepal
    3,436+175%
  10. 10
    Bangladesh
    3,132+34.0%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    181,640-3.0%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    71,346+40.9%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    50,458+83.1%
  4. 04
    Islam
    31,352+39.9%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    7,292+31.0%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    80-27.3%

Where does Blacktown sit on the map of Australia's languages?

The shading shows how many residents speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home, on ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Compare Blacktown with its neighbours on the full map.

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. 23,872 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 45.5%. Count them in and it's 51.7%; drop them from the base and it's 48.5%.

Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.

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