South Hurstville, Georges River

Languages spoken in South Hurstville

Chinese is the main language after English in South Hurstville, spoken at home by just over three in ten residents at the 2021 Census. Arabic is second. The share speaking another language is more than twice the figure for New South Wales.

Residents
5,437
Speak another language
58.8%+6.1%
Languages spoken
45
Born overseas
45.1%

How far does Chinese lead in South Hurstville?

Chinese at home

31%

Mandarin is the larger variety here.

Which other languages are spoken in South Hurstville?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    914+2.1%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    754+7.0%
  3. 03
    Arabic
    337+4.3%
  4. 04
    Greek
    278-11.5%
  5. 05
    Macedonian
    128-5.9%
  6. 06
    Croatian
    73+14.1%
  7. 07
    Nepali
    71+57.8%
  8. 08
    Italian
    57-36.0%
  9. 09
    Indonesian
    51-1.9%
  10. 10
    Spanish
    51+6.3%

Is South Hurstville more multilingual than Georges River?

The share speaking another language is 1.1 times the figure for Georges River.

South Hurstville
58.8%
New South Wales
25.7%
Georges River
53.1%

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

Which countries are South Hurstville's residents from?

China is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    964-1.2%
  2. 02
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    202+13.5%
  3. 03
    Lebanon
    133+10.8%
  4. 04
    Greece
    91-10.8%
  5. 05
    North Macedonia
    85
  6. 06
    Malaysia
    80+11.1%
  7. 07
    Nepal
    80+129%
  8. 08
    New Zealand
    77-8.3%
  9. 09
    Philippines
    76+72.7%
  10. 10
    India
    67+8.1%

What religions are reported in South Hurstville?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    2,439-4.1%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,830+16.5%
  3. 03
    Islam
    441+15.7%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    284+4.4%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    177+55.3%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    4-80.0%

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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