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St Leonards, North Sydney

Languages spoken in St Leonards (NSW)

Chinese is the main language after English in St Leonards, spoken at home by one in five residents at the 2021 Census. St Leonards' share is above New South Wales, at 1.8 times the rate. That adds up to 54 languages across the suburb.

Residents
6,996
Speak another language
45.8%+31.1%
Languages spoken
54
Born overseas
57.5%

How large is St Leonards' Chinese-speaking community?

Chinese at home

20%

Most of these speak Mandarin, with Cantonese next.

Which other languages are spoken in St Leonards?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    849+50.5%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    559+32.8%
  3. 03
    Japanese
    371+44.9%
  4. 04
    Hindi
    178+4.7%
  5. 05
    Korean
    166+40.7%
  6. 06
    Spanish
    102+36.0%
  7. 07
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    91-2.2%
  8. 08
    Portuguese
    85+118%
  9. 09
    Tagalog
    75+53.1%
  10. 10
    Filipino
    60+107%

How does St Leonards compare with North Sydney?

The share speaking another language is 1.9 times the figure for North Sydney.

St Leonards (NSW)
45.8%
New South Wales
25.7%
North Sydney
23.8%

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

Which countries are St Leonards' residents from?

China is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    684+46.5%
  2. 02
    India
    404+25.5%
  3. 03
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    367+53.6%
  4. 04
    Japan
    321+34.3%
  5. 05
    England
    247+16.5%
  6. 06
    Philippines
    200+68.1%
  7. 07
    New Zealand
    183+24.5%
  8. 08
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    171+41.3%
  9. 09
    Malaysia
    168+34.4%
  10. 10
    Taiwan
    111+18.1%

What religions are reported in St Leonards?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,585+60.6%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    2,044+20.1%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    438+30.4%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    381+11.1%
  5. 05
    Islam
    121+26.0%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    31+6.9%

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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