The Ponds, Blacktown
The languages of The Ponds
The Ponds, in Blacktown, is a suburb of many languages: about 8,800 people spoke something other than English at home at the 2021 Census. Behind it sits Punjabi. The share speaking another language is about two and a half times the figure for Australia as a whole.
- Residents
- 15,941
- Speak another language
- 55.0%+62.4%
- Languages spoken
- 75
- Born overseas
- 51.7%
What are The Ponds' most spoken languages?
- 01Hindi1,409+106%
- 02Punjabi1,078+59.2%
- 03Gujarati678+109%
- 04Urdu525+108%
- 05Mandarin500+81.2%
- 06Telugu447+155%
- 07Tamil418+125%
- 08Bengali301+38.1%
- 09Malayalam283+134%
- 10Sinhalese274+31.7%
Why doesn't one language lead in The Ponds?
Hindi leads with about 1,400 people. Each of 16 languages reaches one resident in 100.
Which countries are The Ponds' residents from?
India is the most common overseas birthplace.
- 01India3,665+121%
- 02Philippines563+12.6%
- 03Pakistan405+135%
- 04China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)404+87.9%
- 05Sri Lanka329+32.1%
- 06South Africa261+33.8%
- 07England254-1.6%
- 08New Zealand200+5.3%
- 09Bangladesh196+32.4%
- 10Fiji196-8.8%
How does The Ponds compare with Blacktown?
The share speaking another language is 1.2 times the figure for Blacktown.
- The Ponds
- 55.0%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- Blacktown
- 45.5%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
What religions are reported in The Ponds?
- 01Christianity5,840+7.0%
- 02Hinduism4,052+135%
- 03No religion or secular beliefs2,419+50.9%
- 04Islam1,606+68.2%
- 05Buddhism424+38.6%
- 06Judaism12-7.7%
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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