Nepali
8,226 speakers
Its speaker count has grown by about three quarters since 2016.
11th of 542 local government areas for language diversity
Languages spoken in Georges River
The 2021 Census found 24 per cent of residents in Georges River speaking Chinese at home, more than any other language after English. Add up the next four languages and they still fall short of it. Georges River is 11th of 542 local government areas on the diversity index.
- Residents
- 148,159
- Speak another language
- 78,702
- Languages at home
- 123
- Change since 2016
- +3.7%
How many people in Georges River speak Chinese?
Chinese at home
24%
At home, nearly one in four residents speak Chinese. It's the language of more than two in five people who speak something other than English at home. Within that, Mandarin speakers outnumber Cantonese speakers. The Chinese-speaking community has held steady since 2016.
How far above Australia as a whole is Georges River?
Nationally, the share speaking another language is less than half of Georges River's. Within New South Wales, Georges River ranks 8th of 128.
- Georges River
- 53.1%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Same method throughout, so the gap between the bars is the real gap.
How does Chinese spread across Georges River's suburbs?
Hurstville has the largest Chinese-speaking share of any suburb.
Suburb pages list every language counted in that suburb.
- HurstvilleLed by Mandarin43%13,409
- South HurstvilleLed by Mandarin31%1,683
- RiverwoodLed by Mandarin28%3,534
- Beverly HillsLed by Cantonese25%2,681
- AllawahLed by Mandarin25%1,373
- Hurstville GroveLed by Mandarin22%565
- Penshurst (NSW)Led by Mandarin21%2,535
- Carlton (NSW)Led by Mandarin19%1,948
- Connells PointLed by Mandarin18%529
- BlakehurstLed by Greek16%1,088
- Kyle BayLed by Cantonese16%131
- MortdaleLed by Mandarin15%1,631
- PeakhurstLed by Mandarin13%1,557
- OatleyLed by Mandarin13%1,324
- Beverley ParkLed by Greek9%239
- Kogarah BayLed by Greek8%173
- Carss ParkLed by Greek8%98
- Peakhurst HeightsLed by Greek6%152
- LugarnoLed by Greek6%329
- 19 suburbs in Georges River, ordered by the share of residents who speak Chinese at home. The figure beneath is how many people that is.
Which languages come after Chinese in Georges River?
After the leading group, these are the next three languages.
How does the rest of Georges River's language list look?
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.
- 0119,845-6.4%
- 0214,6500%
- 038,226+76.5%
- 047,132-1.9%
- 056,212+6.7%
- 063,340+1.1%
- 071,726+10.3%
- 081,534-0.7%
- 091,452-17.8%
- 101,317+9.9%
What does Georges River's language mix look like?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
What do birthplace and religion add to the picture in Georges River?
More than two in five residents were born overseas.
Country of birth
44.7% born overseas, across 141 countries.
- 01China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)21,749-9.3%
- 02Nepal8,255+84.6%
- 03Hong Kong (SAR of China)3,649+3.4%
- 04Philippines2,570+24.5%
- 05Greece2,235+1.7%
- 06Lebanon1,978+9.0%
- 07North Macedonia1,884
- 08New Zealand1,880-11.7%
- 09England1,714-8.1%
- 10Indonesia1,678+8.5%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity70,328-3.9%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs45,149+11.1%
- 03Hinduism9,540+59.1%
- 04Islam7,655+21.4%
- 05Buddhism7,376+5.5%
- 06Judaism165+1.9%
Where is Georges River on the language map?
Shade reflects the share speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home; council boundaries are from the ABS ASGS 2021. Explore the full Language 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.
How the headline share is counted: 53.1% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 7,081 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 57.9%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 55.8%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
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.
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