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Waterways, Kingston

What Waterways speaks at home

In Waterways, more than two in five residents speak a language other than English at home, according to the 2021 Census, with no single language in the lead by much. Vietnamese is second. Kingston has a lower share than Waterways.

Residents
2,430
Speak another language
44.7%+2.8%
Languages spoken
47
Born overseas
42.2%

Which languages are spoken in Waterways?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    220-9.1%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese
    145+12.4%
  3. 03
    Khmer
    79+8.2%
  4. 04
    Cantonese
    70-5.4%
  5. 05
    Greek
    57-23.0%
  6. 06
    Afrikaans
    40+1233%
  7. 07
    Hindi
    40+11.1%
  8. 08
    Sinhalese
    33+94.1%
  9. 09
    Tamil
    29+20.8%
  10. 10
    Turkish
    28-39.1%

Why doesn't one language lead in Waterways?

Even Mandarin, the biggest, reaches only 9.1 per cent of residents. Each of 11 languages reaches one resident in 100.

Which countries are Waterways' residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up about 1,000 people, most often from China.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    152-16.5%
  2. 02
    India
    137+24.5%
  3. 03
    Vietnam
    115+23.7%
  4. 04
    England
    89-16.8%
  5. 05
    Cambodia
    81+8.0%
  6. 06
    South Africa
    69+11.3%
  7. 07
    Sri Lanka
    51+6.3%
  8. 08
    Malaysia
    22+10.0%
  9. 09
    Philippines
    21-27.6%
  10. 10
    Turkey
    21-8.7%

How does Waterways compare with Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is more than twice the figure for Australia as a whole.

Waterways
44.7%
Kingston
23.9%
Australia
21.3%

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

What religions are reported in Waterways?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    1,030-8.9%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    789+9.0%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    284+19.3%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    128+28.0%
  5. 05
    Islam
    66+46.7%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    5-58.3%

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