Korean
13,072 speakers
Spoken at home by 5.3 per cent of residents.
9th of 542 local government areas for language diversity
Languages spoken in Parramatta
In Parramatta, 56 per cent of residents speak a language other than English at home, and Chinese (mostly Mandarin and Cantonese) is far ahead of the rest, according to the 2021 Census. Add up the next four languages and they still fall short of it. Parramatta is ninth of 542 local government areas on the diversity index.
- Residents
- 246,051
- Speak another language
- 136,798
- Languages at home
- 142
- Change since 2016
- +21.3%
How many people in Parramatta speak Chinese?
Chinese at home
18%
At home, nearly one in five residents speak Chinese. It's the language of one in three people who speak something other than English at home. Within that, Mandarin speakers outnumber Cantonese speakers. The Chinese-speaking community has grown since 2016.
Is Parramatta more multilingual than Australia as a whole?
Nationally, the share speaking another language is less than half of Parramatta's. Within New South Wales, Parramatta ranks 6th of 128.
- Parramatta
- 55.6%
- 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 Parramatta have the largest Chinese-speaking share?
Carlingford has the largest Chinese-speaking share of any suburb.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- Clyde (NSW)Led by Mandarin100%8
- CarlingfordLed by Mandarin36%10,087
- Epping (NSW)Led by Mandarin36%10,519
- Wentworth PointLed by Mandarin29%3,588
- TelopeaLed by Mandarin27%1,472
- Dundas ValleyLed by Mandarin24%1,403
- Dundas (NSW)Led by Mandarin21%978
- Sydney Olympic ParkLed by Mandarin20%1,208
- Newington (NSW)Led by Korean19%1,061
- North RocksLed by Mandarin19%1,712
- ErmingtonLed by Mandarin16%1,935
- RydalmereLed by Mandarin15%1,028
- Oatlands (NSW)Led by Arabic14%827
- ParramattaLed by Hindi13%3,682
- Silverwater (Parramatta - NSW)Led by Korean10%225
- Rosehill (NSW)Led by Gujarati10%411
- North ParramattaLed by Arabic9%1,096
- Harris ParkLed by Gujarati7%377
- Winston HillsLed by Arabic7%807
- WestmeadLed by Hindi6%1,000
- NorthmeadLed by Mandarin6%697
- Constitution HillLed by Arabic5%235
- Toongabbie (NSW)Led by Tamil5%783
- Old ToongabbieLed by Arabic4%99
- 24 suburbs in Parramatta, ordered by the share of residents who speak Chinese at home. The figure beneath is how many people that is.
Which languages come after Chinese in Parramatta?
After the leading group, these are the next three languages.
Which languages follow Chinese in Parramatta?
Ranked by speakers, with the movement since the previous census. Unnamed ABS categories ("Chinese, nfd" and the like) are left off the list but kept in the totals.
How big is each language community in Parramatta?
- 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 Parramatta?
More than two in five residents were born overseas.
Country of birth
51.9% born overseas, across 153 countries.
- 01India31,374+25.1%
- 02China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)26,666+21.4%
- 03Korea, Republic of (South)10,153+19.4%
- 04Hong Kong (SAR of China)5,392+17.6%
- 05Philippines4,676+32.5%
- 06Sri Lanka3,480-7.7%
- 07Nepal3,448+183%
- 08Iran3,381+24.2%
- 09England3,229-4.7%
- 10New Zealand2,947-3.6%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity97,221-1.1%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs73,216+35.6%
- 03Hinduism35,186+29.3%
- 04Islam13,916+49.1%
- 05Buddhism9,401+13.1%
- 06Judaism119+33.7%
How does Parramatta look on the map?
Darker shading means more residents speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home. ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Open the national map.
Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.
How the headline share is counted: 55.6% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 13,357 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 61.0%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 58.8%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
People with no usual address fall outside any suburb, which is why the national figure here is a fraction under the ABS one. The council figures aren't affected.
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