Cheltenham, Hornsby

The languages of Cheltenham

In Cheltenham, about 660 people speak a language other than English at home, and Chinese leads by a wide margin, the 2021 Census shows. New South Wales has a lower share than Cheltenham. The census lists 28 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
2,135
Speak another language
30.9%+4.4%
Languages spoken
28
Born overseas
33.1%

How large is Cheltenham's Chinese-speaking community?

Chinese at home

19%

Most of these speak Mandarin, with Cantonese next.

Which other languages are spoken in Cheltenham?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    252+34.0%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    151-3.2%
  3. 03
    Tamil
    34-10.5%
  4. 04
    Korean
    27-12.9%
  5. 05
    Urdu
    17+467%
  6. 06
    Russian
    16-11.1%
  7. 07
    Hindi
    15-57.1%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese
    15-21.1%
  9. 09
    Spanish
    13+18.2%
  10. 10
    Filipino
    11+267%

Where does Cheltenham sit against Hornsby?

The share speaking another language is below the figure for Hornsby.

Cheltenham (NSW)
30.9%
New South Wales
25.7%
Hornsby
34.8%

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

Which countries are Cheltenham's residents from?

China is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    210+18.0%
  2. 02
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    78+13.0%
  3. 03
    England
    59-20.3%
  4. 04
    India
    51-1.9%
  5. 05
    Sri Lanka
    36+24.1%
  6. 06
    New Zealand
    33+73.7%
  7. 07
    Malaysia
    27-15.6%
  8. 08
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    24-29.4%
  9. 09
    Scotland
    19+111%
  10. 10
    South Africa
    19+18.8%

What religions are reported in Cheltenham?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    1,023-7.7%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    858+10.1%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    95-2.1%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    73-11.0%
  5. 05
    Islam
    33+560%

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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Cheltenham (NSW) is part of Hornsby, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.