Spearwood, Cockburn

What Spearwood speaks at home

In Spearwood, nearly one in four residents use a language other than English at home, according to the 2021 Census, led by Italian. The share speaking another language is 1.1 times the figure for Cockburn. That adds up to 59 languages across the suburb.

Residents
11,117
Speak another language
23.4%-2.7%
Languages spoken
59
Born overseas
32.4%

Which languages lead in Spearwood?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Italian
    591-3.7%
  2. 02
    Croatian
    483-3.2%
  3. 03
    Portuguese
    279+4.5%
  4. 04
    Tagalog
    183-40.0%
  5. 05
    Serbian
    163+14.0%
  6. 06
    Filipino
    137-10.5%
  7. 07
    Spanish
    88+69.2%
  8. 08
    German
    70+59.1%
  9. 09
    French
    59+22.9%
  10. 10
    Mandarin
    45-10.0%

Which countries are Spearwood's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up about 3,600 people, most often from England.

  1. 01
    England
    647+24.7%
  2. 02
    Italy
    445+1.1%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    391-26.9%
  4. 04
    Croatia
    356+2.6%
  5. 05
    New Zealand
    282+6.8%
  6. 06
    Portugal
    215+12.6%
  7. 07
    South Africa
    110+71.9%
  8. 08
    Scotland
    102-5.6%
  9. 09
    Ireland
    83+66.0%
  10. 10
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    80+8.1%

How does Spearwood compare with Australia as a whole?

Spearwood is about level with Australia as a whole.

Spearwood
23.4%
Cockburn
20.4%
Australia
21.3%

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

What religions are reported in Spearwood?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    6,015-1.6%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    4,240+63.8%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    157+34.2%
  4. 04
    Islam
    104+55.2%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    39-30.4%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    7+133%

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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Spearwood is part of Cockburn, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.