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Smithfield, Cairns

Languages spoken in Smithfield (Qld)

Japanese is the most common language after English in Smithfield, where about 1,000 people speak another language at home, the 2021 Census shows. Smithfield's share is above Cairns, at 1.2 times the rate. The census lists 52 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
6,598
Speak another language
15.6%+41.9%
Languages spoken
52
Born overseas
23.2%

What languages are spoken in Smithfield?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Japanese
    107+143%
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    93+38.8%
  3. 03
    Punjabi
    91+93.6%
  4. 04
    Korean
    83+108%
  5. 05
    Malayalam
    42+740%
  6. 06
    Cantonese
    39+77.3%
  7. 07
    German
    39-9.3%
  8. 08
    Arabic
    37+363%
  9. 09
    Dutch
    36+5.9%
  10. 10
    Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)
    33+94.1%

Which countries are Smithfield's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up nearly one in four residents, most often from England.

  1. 01
    England
    289+18.9%
  2. 02
    New Zealand
    175+18.2%
  3. 03
    India
    149+67.4%
  4. 04
    Papua New Guinea
    96-26.7%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    74+54.2%
  6. 06
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    68+38.8%
  7. 07
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    67+131%
  8. 08
    Japan
    47+135%
  9. 09
    South Africa
    46+39.4%
  10. 10
    United States of America
    34+41.7%

How does Smithfield compare with Australia as a whole?

Australia as a whole has a higher share than Smithfield.

Smithfield (Qld)
15.6%
Cairns
12.7%
Australia
21.3%

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

What religions are reported in Smithfield?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,205+74.5%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    2,705+2.4%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    102+18.6%
  4. 04
    Islam
    65+75.7%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    60+25.0%

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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