Korean
3,289 speakers
Used at home by one in 40 residents.
39th of 542 local government areas for language diversity
Chinese and the other languages of Ku-ring-gai
Chinese is the language Ku-ring-gai hears most after English: the 2021 Census counted about 25,000 people speaking it at home. It has more speakers than the next four languages put together. It's a community that grew fast between the last two censuses.
- Residents
- 129,592
- Speak another language
- 42,425
- Languages at home
- 105
- Change since 2016
- +28.6%
How big is the Chinese-speaking community in Ku-ring-gai?
Chinese at home
19%
Counted together, Chinese speakers make up about 25,000 people. Among everyone who speaks another language at home, it accounts for nearly three in five speakers. Most speak Mandarin; Cantonese is the second variety. Against the previous census, Chinese has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
How does Ku-ring-gai compare with Australia as a whole?
Nationally, the share speaking another language is lower than in Ku-ring-gai. Ku-ring-gai ranks 18th in New South Wales, in the top half.
- Ku-ring-gai
- 32.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.
Which suburbs of Ku-ring-gai have the largest Chinese-speaking share?
No suburb has a larger Chinese-speaking share than East Killara.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- East KillaraLed by Mandarin38%1,098
- Gordon (NSW)Led by Mandarin30%2,583
- Killara (NSW)Led by Mandarin26%2,771
- East LindfieldLed by Mandarin24%905
- LindfieldLed by Mandarin24%2,588
- PymbleLed by Mandarin22%2,519
- St Ives ChaseLed by Mandarin20%665
- RosevilleLed by Mandarin19%1,893
- St Ives (NSW)Led by Mandarin18%3,204
- WarraweeLed by Mandarin17%520
- TurramurraLed by Mandarin15%1,906
- WahroongaLed by Mandarin14%2,412
- Roseville ChaseLed by Cantonese12%197
- North WahroongaLed by Mandarin12%246
- West PymbleLed by Mandarin11%607
- South TurramurraLed by Mandarin9%270
- North TurramurraLed by Mandarin7%278
- The percentage is Chinese speakers in each of Ku-ring-gai's 17 suburbs; the smaller figure is the number of people.
Which languages come after Chinese in Ku-ring-gai?
These three come next, in order of speakers.
Persian (excluding Dari)
1,654 speakers
The community has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Hindi
1,229 speakers
Its speaker count has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Which languages follow Chinese in Ku-ring-gai?
Counts are people who speak the language at home; the chip is their change since 2016. Catch-all ABS groups aren't listed.
What does Ku-ring-gai's language mix look like?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
What do birthplace and religion add to the picture in Ku-ring-gai?
China is the most common birthplace after Australia.
Country of birth
40.6% born overseas, across 132 countries.
- 01China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)13,620+51.3%
- 02England6,457-7.8%
- 03South Africa3,858-5.3%
- 04Hong Kong (SAR of China)3,765+22.6%
- 05India2,804+32.6%
- 06Korea, Republic of (South)2,685+5.5%
- 07New Zealand2,140-8.7%
- 08Malaysia1,576+9.9%
- 09Iran1,526+29.0%
- 10United States of America1,098+4.4%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity58,558-9.8%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs53,828+37.5%
- 03Buddhism4,032+20.0%
- 04Hinduism3,194+35.7%
- 05Judaism2,932-7.8%
- 06Islam1,241+50.2%
Where does Ku-ring-gai sit on the map of Australia's languages?
Darker shading means more residents speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home. ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Open the national map.
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
Blank answers matter here. 3,426 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 32.7%. Count them in and it's 35.4%; drop them from the base and it's 33.6%.
Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.
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