Toronto, Lake Macquarie

The languages of Toronto

Toronto is overwhelmingly English-speaking: about 5,400 people use only English at home, according to the 2021 Census. No language other than English reaches one resident in 100. The share speaking another language is close to the figure for Lake Macquarie.

Residents
5,965
Speak another language
4.0%+32.6%
Languages spoken
31
Born overseas
9.6%

Which languages other than English are spoken in Toronto?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Vietnamese
    26+550%
  2. 02
    German
    19+375%
  3. 03
    Hindi
    14+133%
  4. 04
    Nepali
    14
  5. 05
    Afrikaans
    13+117%
  6. 06
    Tagalog
    13+333%
  7. 07
    Spanish
    11-31.3%
  8. 08
    Japanese
    100%
  9. 09
    Italian
    9+125%
  10. 10
    Maltese
    9+80.0%

Where does Toronto sit against Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for Australia as a whole.

Toronto
4.0%
Lake Macquarie
4.3%
Australia
21.3%

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

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.

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