Killara, Ku-ring-gai

Languages spoken in Killara (NSW)

The 2021 Census found Chinese spoken at home by about 2,800 people in Killara, well ahead of any other language. Killara's share is above New South Wales, at 1.6 times the rate. In all, 51 languages are spoken in its homes.

Residents
10,714
Speak another language
40.3%+18.1%
Languages spoken
51
Born overseas
44.6%

How many people in Killara speak Chinese?

Chinese at home

26%

Mandarin is the larger variety here.

What's spoken in Killara besides Chinese?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    1,885+25.1%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    872+1.3%
  3. 03
    Korean
    355+10.2%
  4. 04
    Hindi
    114+46.2%
  5. 05
    Japanese
    100-2.0%
  6. 06
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    97+5.4%
  7. 07
    Spanish
    78+9.9%
  8. 08
    Russian
    76+68.9%
  9. 09
    Indonesian
    53+82.8%
  10. 10
    Sinhalese
    47+262%

Where does Killara sit against Australia as a whole?

Killara's share is above Australia as a whole, at 1.9 times the rate.

Killara (NSW)
40.3%
New South Wales
25.7%
Australia
21.3%

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

Where were Killara's residents born?

Among residents born overseas, China leads.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    1,471+16.7%
  2. 02
    England
    448-13.0%
  3. 03
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    441+1.4%
  4. 04
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    286+1.1%
  5. 05
    India
    243+22.7%
  6. 06
    South Africa
    192+3.2%
  7. 07
    Malaysia
    178-2.7%
  8. 08
    New Zealand
    150-22.3%
  9. 09
    Taiwan
    108-16.3%
  10. 10
    Singapore
    106+21.8%

What's Killara's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    4,748+23.7%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    4,366-13.1%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    428+6.5%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    291+26.5%
  5. 05
    Judaism
    180-15.1%
  6. 06
    Islam
    147+79.3%

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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Killara (NSW) is part of Ku-ring-gai, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.