Guildford West, Cumberland

Languages spoken in Guildford West

Arabic is the main language after English in Guildford West, spoken at home by nearly three in ten residents at the 2021 Census. Chinese is second. The share speaking another language is about two and a half times the figure for Australia as a whole.

Residents
5,686
Speak another language
53.4%+26.6%
Languages spoken
57
Born overseas
34.8%

How far does Arabic lead in Guildford West?

Arabic at home

29%

Chinese, in second place, has far fewer speakers.

Which other languages are spoken in Guildford West?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Arabic
    1,654+26.3%
  2. 02
    Hazaraghi
    167+146%
  3. 03
    Mandarin
    129+25.2%
  4. 04
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    108+83.1%
  5. 05
    Turkish
    95+50.8%
  6. 06
    Urdu
    86+514%
  7. 07
    Dari
    68-17.1%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese
    67-4.3%
  9. 09
    Italian
    62-7.5%
  10. 10
    Cantonese
    51+34.2%

Where does Guildford West sit against Cumberland?

Guildford West's share is below Cumberland.

Guildford West
53.4%
Australia
21.3%
Cumberland
64.6%

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

Which countries are Guildford West's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up about 2,000 people, most often from Lebanon.

  1. 01
    Lebanon
    465+4.7%
  2. 02
    Afghanistan
    213+70.4%
  3. 03
    Iraq
    185+72.9%
  4. 04
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    105+2.9%
  5. 05
    Syria
    105+176%
  6. 06
    Pakistan
    100+163%
  7. 07
    New Zealand
    84-27.0%
  8. 08
    Philippines
    70-34.6%
  9. 09
    Vietnam
    68+30.8%
  10. 10
    Iran
    57-1.7%

What religions are reported in Guildford West?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    2,504-6.9%
  2. 02
    Islam
    1,815+65.9%
  3. 03
    No religion or secular beliefs
    670+26.7%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    100+5.3%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    98+40.0%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    6

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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