Waitara, Hornsby
What Waitara speaks at home
At the 2021 Census, 22 per cent of residents in Waitara, a suburb of Hornsby, spoke Chinese at home. The next largest is Hindi. Waitara's share is above Hornsby, at 1.8 times the rate. Residents speak 56 languages between them.
- Residents
- 8,160
- Speak another language
- 62.1%+40.8%
- Languages spoken
- 56
- Born overseas
- 62.8%
How large is Waitara's Chinese-speaking community?
Chinese at home
22%
Most of these speak Mandarin, with Cantonese next.
What's spoken in Waitara besides Chinese?
- 01Mandarin1,265+41.3%
- 02Hindi538+139%
- 03Cantonese509+37.6%
- 04Korean336-3.2%
- 05Persian (excluding Dari)290-11.6%
- 06Nepali281+68.3%
- 07Marathi159+118%
- 08Tamil148+59.1%
- 09Malayalam134+131%
- 10Tagalog122+14.0%
Is Waitara more multilingual than New South Wales?
Waitara's share is above New South Wales, at more than twice the rate.
- Waitara
- 62.1%
- Hornsby
- 34.8%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
Where were Waitara's residents born?
Overseas-born residents make up about 5,100 people, most often from India.
- 01India1,283+98.3%
- 02China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)1,189+34.5%
- 03Philippines284+46.4%
- 04Korea, Republic of (South)281-0.7%
- 05Iran265-9.2%
- 06Nepal250+58.2%
- 07Hong Kong (SAR of China)239+57.2%
- 08England169+2.4%
- 09Malaysia109+45.3%
- 10South Africa87+7.4%
What's Waitara's religious mix?
- 01No religion or secular beliefs2,882+36.5%
- 02Christianity2,512+6.2%
- 03Hinduism1,532+95.4%
- 04Buddhism336+48.7%
- 05Islam313+69.2%
- 06Judaism54+10.2%
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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Waitara is part of Hornsby, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.