10th of 542 local government areas for language diversity
Liverpool's languages, none of them in the majority
The 2021 Census found about 122,000 people in Liverpool speaking a language other than English at home, spread across 104 languages of ten or more speakers and with no clear leader. Over 100 languages clear ten speakers, 104 in all. On the national diversity index, Liverpool is number 10.
- Residents
- 228,170
- Speak another language
- 121,808
- Languages at home
- 148
- Change since 2016
- +18.1%
How evenly spread are Liverpool's languages?
The biggest single language, Arabic, is spoken by about 30,000 people. The five largest languages together cover 27 per cent of residents. 15 languages clear the one-in-100 mark on their own.
What are Liverpool's biggest languages, in order?
The chip beside each count is the change since 2016. Totals include broad ABS categories like "Chinese, nfd" that the list leaves out.
- 0130,373+31.0%
- 0212,316+25.1%
- 037,868-2.9%
- 045,345+9.7%
- 054,802-5.4%
- 064,740+36.2%
- 073,516+81.6%
- 083,409-24.2%
- 093,052+16.5%
- 102,780-6.3%
How big is each language community in Liverpool?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Where does Liverpool rank for language diversity?
Nationally
#10
Liverpool ranks tenth of 542 local government areas nationally. In New South Wales, it’s 7 of 128. Every council ranked, Liverpool included.
How do Liverpool's suburbs differ?
Green Valley is highest, at two in three residents; Hammondville is lowest.
Every suburb here has a page of its own.
- Green Valley (NSW)Led by Vietnamese67%8,659
- LiverpoolLed by Arabic64%19,748
- Edmondson ParkLed by Arabic61%7,397
- Hinchinbrook (NSW)Led by Arabic61%6,945
- Elizabeth HillsLed by Assyrian Neo-Aramaic61%1,952
- Warwick FarmLed by Arabic60%3,460
- LurneaLed by Arabic58%5,820
- Hoxton ParkLed by Arabic58%2,560
- HeckenbergLed by Arabic57%1,855
- Cecil HillsLed by Arabic57%3,936
- Carnes HillLed by Arabic57%2,171
- CasulaLed by Arabic56%9,116
- PrestonsLed by Arabic55%8,439
- Middleton GrangeLed by Assyrian Neo-Aramaic54%3,718
- AshcroftLed by Arabic53%1,884
- AustralLed by Arabic52%3,571
- Badgerys CreekLed by Cantonese52%80
- CartwrightLed by Arabic51%1,333
- BusbyLed by Arabic51%2,235
- SadleirLed by Arabic50%1,591
- West HoxtonLed by Arabic49%4,984
- Horningsea ParkLed by Arabic49%1,606
- MillerLed by Arabic47%1,541
- MoorebankLed by Arabic42%4,713
- Chipping NortonLed by Arabic41%3,824
- Rossmore (NSW)Led by Arabic40%832
- Kemps CreekLed by Italian38%805
- HolsworthyLed by Bengali37%2,103
- Voyager PointLed by Arabic35%587
- Greendale (Liverpool - NSW)Led by Italian31%95
- Wattle Grove (NSW)Led by Arabic31%2,680
- Pleasure PointLed by Arabic28%167
- BringellyLed by Arabic24%603
- HammondvilleLed by Arabic22%798
- 34 suburbs in Liverpool. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
What else does the census say about Liverpool?
Birthplace follows language: about 95,000 people were born outside Australia.
Country of birth
41.7% born overseas, across 151 countries.
- 01Iraq14,218+43.4%
- 02Vietnam8,376+27.2%
- 03Fiji6,807+5.2%
- 04India6,347+22.1%
- 05Lebanon5,018+21.8%
- 06Philippines4,434+13.2%
- 07New Zealand3,677+9.0%
- 08China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)2,945+15.1%
- 09Italy2,360-9.5%
- 10Pakistan2,137+70.6%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity112,541+3.3%
- 02Islam35,014+42.9%
- 03No religion or secular beliefs31,960+36.8%
- 04Buddhism13,267+18.3%
- 05Hinduism12,365+23.7%
- 06Judaism23+156%
How much more multilingual is Liverpool than Australia as a whole?
Liverpool's share outstrips the national share, at about two and a half times the rate. In New South Wales, Liverpool is in 7th place.
- Liverpool
- 53.4%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- City of Sydney
- 33.9%
Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.
How does Liverpool look on the map?
The shading shows how many residents speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home, on ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Compare Liverpool with its neighbours on the full map.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
Other sources sometimes quote 60.3% for Liverpool. That figure treats the 15,698 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 53.4%, and 57.3% is the share among those who answered.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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