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Sefton, Canterbury-Bankstown

The languages of Sefton

At the 2021 Census, about 4,200 people in Sefton used a language other than English at home, most often Arabic, though no language dominates. Vietnamese comes next. Sefton's share is above New South Wales, at about two and a half times the rate.

Residents
6,326
Speak another language
66.5%+10.1%
Languages spoken
53
Born overseas
43.6%

Which languages are spoken in Sefton?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Arabic
    1,421+18.0%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese
    1,124+8.9%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    329-4.6%
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    289+12.9%
  5. 05
    Urdu
    123+46.4%
  6. 06
    Hazaraghi
    96+57.4%
  7. 07
    Turkish
    72-6.5%
  8. 08
    Greek
    60-22.1%
  9. 09
    Dari
    45-22.4%
  10. 10
    Korean
    44-37.1%

How spread out are Sefton's languages?

The largest, Arabic, is spoken by about 1,400 people. There are 7 languages with a share of one in 100 or more.

Where were Sefton's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, Vietnam leads.

  1. 01
    Vietnam
    871+5.6%
  2. 02
    Lebanon
    470+13.0%
  3. 03
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    283-2.1%
  4. 04
    Afghanistan
    102+25.9%
  5. 05
    Pakistan
    102+64.5%
  6. 06
    Malaysia
    54+135%
  7. 07
    India
    50+108%
  8. 08
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    50-5.7%
  9. 09
    Philippines
    50+22.0%
  10. 10
    Iraq
    48-9.4%

How does Sefton compare with Australia as a whole?

Australia as a whole has a lower share than Sefton.

Sefton
66.5%
New South Wales
25.7%
Australia
21.3%

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

What's Sefton's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Islam
    2,123+37.9%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    1,822-14.7%
  3. 03
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,032+15.8%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    809+1.1%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    52+85.7%

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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