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Schofields, Blacktown

What Schofields speaks at home

In Schofields, more than one in two residents speak a language other than English at home, according to the 2021 Census, with no single language in the lead by much. Punjabi is second. Blacktown has a lower share than Schofields.

Residents
15,529
Speak another language
54.4%+636%
Languages spoken
77
Born overseas
50.3%

What are Schofields' most spoken languages?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Hindi
    1,252+746%
  2. 02
    Punjabi
    836+660%
  3. 03
    Gujarati
    803+1415%
  4. 04
    Telugu
    563+1049%
  5. 05
    Mandarin
    455+541%
  6. 06
    Tamil
    430+743%
  7. 07
    Nepali
    399+3527%
  8. 08
    Tagalog
    316+635%
  9. 09
    Urdu
    305+2442%
  10. 10
    Malayalam
    289+1276%

Why doesn't one language lead in Schofields?

Hindi leads with 8.1 per cent of residents. Each of 14 languages reaches one resident in 100.

Which countries are Schofields' residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up about 7,800 people, most often from India.

  1. 01
    India
    3,771+1116%
  2. 02
    Philippines
    616+470%
  3. 03
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    377+439%
  4. 04
    Nepal
    342+3700%
  5. 05
    Sri Lanka
    279+615%
  6. 06
    New Zealand
    277+340%
  7. 07
    Pakistan
    244+2611%
  8. 08
    England
    156+62.5%
  9. 09
    Fiji
    137+756%
  10. 10
    Bangladesh
    115+505%

How does Schofields compare with Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is about two and a half times the figure for Australia as a whole.

Schofields
54.4%
Blacktown
45.5%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What religions are reported in Schofields?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    5,480+101%
  2. 02
    Hinduism
    4,463+1209%
  3. 03
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,699+202%
  4. 04
    Islam
    979+571%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    480+532%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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