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North Rocks, Parramatta

The languages of North Rocks

In North Rocks, about 3,800 people speak a language other than English at home, and Chinese leads by a wide margin, the 2021 Census shows. Parramatta has a higher share than North Rocks. The census lists 60 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
9,075
Speak another language
42.2%+41.7%
Languages spoken
60
Born overseas
40.0%

How far does Chinese lead in North Rocks?

Chinese at home

19%

The census counts Mandarin, Cantonese and Wu separately; together they make up the Chinese-speaking community.

Which other languages are spoken in North Rocks?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    1,138+46.1%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    538+3.7%
  3. 03
    Korean
    467+47.3%
  4. 04
    Arabic
    209+41.2%
  5. 05
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    203+139%
  6. 06
    Hindi
    167+83.5%
  7. 07
    Sinhalese
    102+37.8%
  8. 08
    Greek
    75+7.1%
  9. 09
    Tamil
    74+89.7%
  10. 10
    Vietnamese
    68+54.5%

Where does North Rocks sit against Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is 2.0 times the figure for Australia as a whole.

North Rocks
42.2%
Parramatta
55.6%
Australia
21.3%

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

Which countries are North Rocks' residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up two in five residents, most often from China.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    1,012+44.8%
  2. 02
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    346+44.8%
  3. 03
    India
    300+105%
  4. 04
    England
    214-2.3%
  5. 05
    Iran
    181+98.9%
  6. 06
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    174+14.5%
  7. 07
    Sri Lanka
    138+34.0%
  8. 08
    New Zealand
    115+8.5%
  9. 09
    Malaysia
    86+59.3%
  10. 10
    Lebanon
    75+41.5%

What religions are reported in North Rocks?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    4,522-4.1%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,037+48.1%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    405+76.1%
  4. 04
    Islam
    324+187%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    317+7.5%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    14+75.0%

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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