Mandarin
7,345 speakers
Spoken at home by 8.6 per cent of residents.
Canada Bay, New South Wales
Languages spoken in Canada Bay
The 2021 Census shows 38 per cent of residents in Canada Bay using a language other than English at home, a mix without one dominant group and led by Mandarin. In the City of Sydney, the share speaking another language is lower than in Canada Bay.
- Residents
- 85,516
- Speak another language
- 32,146
- Languages at home
- 106
- Change since 2016
- −2.0%
What languages are spoken in Canada Bay?
Is Canada Bay more or less multilingual than New South Wales?
Canada Bay runs ahead of New South Wales on this measure. That puts Canada Bay in the upper half of New South Wales' councils.
- Canada Bay
- 37.6%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- City of Sydney
- 33.9%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
How does Canada Bay's language list break down?
Ranked by speakers, with the movement since the previous census. Unnamed ABS categories ("Chinese, nfd" and the like) are left off the list but kept in the totals.
How big is each language community in Canada Bay?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
What's the fastest-growing language in Canada Bay?
Fastest-growing language
Nepali
+69.6% since 2016
It started from at least 150 speakers in 2016, so the rise isn't a small-number effect.
Where in Canada Bay is a language other than English most common?
Rhodes and Drummoyne sit at opposite ends.
Pick a suburb to see its languages in full.
- RhodesLed by Mandarin74%8,370
- Liberty GroveLed by Mandarin58%1,181
- North StrathfieldLed by Mandarin51%2,248
- ConcordLed by Italian36%5,238
- Mortlake (NSW)Led by Mandarin36%692
- Concord WestLed by Mandarin35%2,148
- Breakfast PointLed by Mandarin35%1,601
- Canada BayLed by Italian34%470
- Rodd PointLed by Italian33%449
- Five DockLed by Italian31%2,932
- ChiswickLed by Italian31%875
- Cabarita (NSW)Led by Mandarin30%584
- WareembaLed by Italian27%409
- Abbotsford (NSW)Led by Italian25%1,345
- Russell LeaLed by Italian25%1,199
- DrummoyneLed by Italian20%2,405
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 16 suburbs in all.
What do birthplace and religion say about Canada Bay?
The largest group born overseas comes from China.
Country of birth
36.9% born overseas, across 122 countries.
- 01China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)6,695-16.4%
- 02Italy3,388-8.3%
- 03Korea, Republic of (South)2,289-14.3%
- 04England2,113-5.5%
- 05India1,903+8.7%
- 06Hong Kong (SAR of China)1,238+10.5%
- 07New Zealand1,142-3.1%
- 08Philippines907+33.8%
- 09Vietnam744+25.5%
- 10Malaysia684+17.3%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity46,621-2.3%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs27,851+17.5%
- 03Buddhism2,620+1.0%
- 04Hinduism2,492+18.5%
- 05Islam1,755+26.7%
- 06Judaism133+0.8%
How does Canada Bay look on the map?
The shading shows how many residents speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home, on ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Compare Canada Bay with its neighbours on the full map.
Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.
A note on method: 3,675 residents didn't state a language, and this page doesn't count them as speaking one. That's why 37.6% sits below the 41.9% you'd get by counting every blank, and below 39.3% measured across respondents only.
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.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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