Silverwater, Parramatta
What Silverwater speaks at home
The 2021 Census counted 62 per cent of residents in Silverwater speaking another language at home, across 45 languages led by Korean. The next largest is Arabic. Parramatta has a lower share than Silverwater. Residents speak 45 languages between them.
- Residents
- 2,225
- Speak another language
- 61.8%+2.5%
- Languages spoken
- 45
- Born overseas
- 49.2%
How do Silverwater's languages rank?
- 01Korean4450%
- 02Arabic173-15.2%
- 03Mandarin144+29.7%
- 04Urdu107+133%
- 05Cantonese77+30.5%
- 06Turkish53+29.3%
- 07Hazaraghi32-37.3%
- 08Tagalog24-29.4%
- 09Punjabi200%
- 10Samoan20
How spread out are Silverwater's languages?
Even Korean, the biggest, reaches only one in five residents. There are 8 languages with a share of one in 100 or more.
Where were Silverwater's residents born?
Overseas-born residents make up about 1,100 people, most often from South Korea.
- 01Korea, Republic of (South)349+3.3%
- 02China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)111+2.8%
- 03India75+7.1%
- 04Pakistan61+19.6%
- 05Lebanon55-1.8%
- 06Philippines53+3.9%
- 07Afghanistan33-40.0%
- 08New Zealand31-20.5%
- 09Turkey25+66.7%
- 10Vietnam25+25.0%
How does Silverwater compare with New South Wales?
The share speaking another language is more than twice the figure for New South Wales.
- Silverwater (Parramatta - NSW)
- 61.8%
- Parramatta
- 55.6%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
What's Silverwater's religious mix?
- 01Christianity983-7.9%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs527+15.3%
- 03Islam460+10.6%
- 04Buddhism70-13.6%
- 05Hinduism51-10.5%
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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Silverwater (Parramatta - NSW) is part of Parramatta, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.