North Epping, Hornsby

What North Epping speaks at home

At the 2021 Census, 16 per cent of residents in North Epping, a suburb of Hornsby, spoke Chinese at home. The next largest is Korean. Hornsby has much the same share. Residents speak 44 languages between them. Residents born overseas most often come from China.

Residents
4,603
Speak another language
32.5%+20.1%
Languages spoken
44
Born overseas
34.7%

How many people in North Epping speak Chinese?

Chinese at home

16%

The census counts Mandarin, Cantonese and Min Nan separately; together they make up the Chinese-speaking community.

What's spoken in North Epping besides Chinese?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    439+39.4%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    256+9.9%
  3. 03
    Korean
    162+17.4%
  4. 04
    Hindi
    100+7.5%
  5. 05
    Tamil
    34+162%
  6. 06
    Sinhalese
    31+93.8%
  7. 07
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    29+16.0%
  8. 08
    Italian
    27-20.6%
  9. 09
    Malayalam
    27
  10. 10
    Marathi
    24+4.3%

Where does North Epping sit against New South Wales?

New South Wales has a lower share than North Epping.

North Epping
32.5%
Hornsby
34.8%
New South Wales
25.7%

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

Where were North Epping's residents born?

Overseas-born residents make up about 1,600 people, most often from China.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    319+24.6%
  2. 02
    India
    193+32.2%
  3. 03
    England
    147-2.6%
  4. 04
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    146+22.7%
  5. 05
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    114+12.9%
  6. 06
    Malaysia
    79+14.5%
  7. 07
    New Zealand
    77+14.9%
  8. 08
    South Africa
    55+89.7%
  9. 09
    Sri Lanka
    48+65.5%
  10. 10
    Iran
    38+111%

What's North Epping's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    2,292-6.3%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,782+28.9%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    189+13.9%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    147-1.3%
  5. 05
    Islam
    65+44.4%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    3-72.7%

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