Spanish
453 speakers
Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.
Blue Mountains, New South Wales
Blue Mountains' multilingual community
Spanish is the most common language after English in Blue Mountains, where about 4,000 people speak something else at home, according to the 2021 Census. Every language other than English sits below one in 100 residents. Across New South Wales, the share speaking another language is more than double.
- Residents
- 77,349
- Speak another language
- 3,957
- Languages at home
- 87
- Change since 2016
- +5.3%
Which communities in Blue Mountains are largest?
Spanish leads a short list of small communities.
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What are the five most spoken languages other than English in Blue Mountains?
The mix has changed less here than in faster-growing councils.
Top five by speakers at home, each with its movement on 2016. Show more to see the rest.
How does Blue Mountains' share measure up to Australia as a whole?
The share nationally is at least twice Blue Mountains'. In New South Wales, 49 councils rank higher.
- Blue Mountains
- 5.1%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
How does the share change across Blue Mountains' suburbs?
Medlow Bath tops the list, but the spread across 24 suburbs is narrow.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- Medlow BathLed by Vietnamese12%68
- LapstoneLed by Spanish8%80
- KatoombaLed by Vietnamese8%619
- Mount VictoriaLed by French7%72
- LeuraLed by Mandarin7%315
- Linden (NSW)Led by Mandarin6%34
- Wentworth FallsLed by Spanish6%363
- BlackheathLed by Spanish6%262
- Woodford (NSW)Led by Spanish6%102
- BullaburraLed by Spanish5%67
- Blaxland (NSW)Led by Spanish5%371
- Lawson (NSW)Led by Auslan5%144
- Mount WilsonLed by Spanish5%25
- Mount RiverviewLed by Polish5%150
- HazelbrookLed by Polish5%225
- Hawkesbury HeightsLed by Non-verbal, so described4%20
- WarrimooLed by Dutch4%101
- GlenbrookLed by Russian4%209
- Springwood (NSW)Led by Spanish4%320
- FaulconbridgeLed by Spanish4%152
- WinmaleeLed by Spanish3%210
- Valley HeightsLed by Italian2%35
- Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW)Led by Greek1%13
- Blue Mountains National Park0%0
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 24 suburbs listed.
Which countries are Blue Mountains' overseas-born residents from?
After Australia, most residents born overseas came from England.
Country of birth
14.5% born overseas, across 100 countries.
- 01England4,302-2.0%
- 02New Zealand1,154+2.1%
- 03United States of America506+35.7%
- 04Germany483-6.8%
- 05Scotland483-2.6%
- 06India308+40.0%
- 07Netherlands302-6.5%
- 08South Africa301+33.2%
- 09Philippines262+26.6%
- 10Ireland238+4.4%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01No religion or secular beliefs37,163+31.1%
- 02Christianity34,612-14.1%
- 03Buddhism1,084+4.0%
- 04Islam226+50.7%
- 05Hinduism216+22.0%
- 06Judaism116-0.9%
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. 2,680 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 5.1%. Count them in and it's 8.6%; drop them from the base and it's 5.3%.
Figures for Blue Mountains itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.
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