Northmead, Parramatta

Languages spoken in Northmead

Mandarin is the most common language after English in Northmead, where about 3,700 people speak another language at home, the 2021 Census shows. New South Wales has a lower share than Northmead. The census lists 74 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
11,408
Speak another language
32.3%-3.4%
Languages spoken
74
Born overseas
32.8%

What languages are spoken in Northmead?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    406+2.3%
  2. 02
    Arabic
    348+2.4%
  3. 03
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    283+4.0%
  4. 04
    Korean
    278+8.6%
  5. 05
    Cantonese
    267-5.0%
  6. 06
    Hindi
    258+25.9%
  7. 07
    Spanish
    154+15.8%
  8. 08
    Punjabi
    150+11.9%
  9. 09
    Urdu
    110-5.2%
  10. 10
    Tamil
    107+13.8%

Which countries are Northmead's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up one in three residents, most often from India.

  1. 01
    India
    646+17.7%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    375-6.7%
  3. 03
    Iran
    261+4.8%
  4. 04
    Philippines
    211-3.2%
  5. 05
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    208+8.9%
  6. 06
    New Zealand
    183+1.7%
  7. 07
    England
    179-23.2%
  8. 08
    Lebanon
    132+43.5%
  9. 09
    Sri Lanka
    125-4.6%
  10. 10
    Malaysia
    87-5.4%

How does Northmead compare with Parramatta?

The share speaking another language is below the figure for Parramatta.

Northmead
32.3%
New South Wales
25.7%
Parramatta
55.6%

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

What religions are reported in Northmead?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    6,231-7.2%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,072+25.0%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    636+18.4%
  4. 04
    Islam
    571-4.4%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    2530%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    21+133%

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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