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Penrith, New South Wales

The languages of Penrith

Penrith has no single dominant second language: about 40,000 people spoke a language other than English at home at the 2021 Census, Arabic most often. Punjabi has grown by about three quarters since 2016. Australia as a whole sits a little above Penrith.

Residents
216,014
Speak another language
40,031
Languages at home
141
Change since 2016
+32.2%

Which three languages are most common in Penrith?

Arabic

3,890 speakers

It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Punjabi

3,103 speakers

Its speaker count has grown by about three quarters since 2016.

Tagalog

2,676 speakers

The community has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.

Where does Penrith land against the City of Sydney?

The City of Sydney sits a little above Penrith. Within New South Wales, Penrith ranks 26th of 128.

Penrith
18.5%
City of Sydney
33.9%
Australia
21.3%

Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.

Every council ranked, Penrith included.

Which languages lead in Penrith, and how have they changed?

Each row is a language and the number who speak it at home, beside its change on 2016. The headline total also includes broad ABS categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which aren't listed here.

  1. 01
    Arabic
    3,890+25.2%
  2. 02
    Punjabi
    3,103+88.2%
  3. 03
    Tagalog
    2,676+29.5%
  4. 04
    Hindi
    2,360+37.9%
  5. 05
    Mandarin
    1,680+28.8%
  6. 06
    Filipino
    1,404+47.3%
  7. 07
    Urdu
    1,373+68.3%
  8. 08
    Samoan
    1,356+29.8%
  9. 09
    Maltese
    1,274-6.6%
  10. 10
    Spanish
    1,167-7.0%

How big is each language community in Penrith?

  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Penrith, covering 27,978 speakers. The larger the block, the more speakers; the shade marks growth or decline. Every figure is also in the table below.
  • Grew 50%+
  • 25%+
  • 10%+
  • Held
  • Slipped
  • Declined 10%+
  • Not comparable
The 18 most spoken languages in Penrith, covering 27,978 speakers. The larger the block, the more speakers; the shade marks growth or decline. Every figure is also in the table below.

Which language is growing fastest in Penrith?

Fastest-growing language

Gujarati

+346.1% since 2016

With about 1,100 speakers now, Gujarati has more than tripled since 2016.

How do Penrith's suburbs compare?

Caddens is highest, at just over two in five residents; Emu Heights is lowest.

Every suburb here has a page of its own.

Where were Penrith's residents born?

India is the most common overseas birthplace.

Country of birth

21.0% born overseas, across 130 countries.

  1. 01
    India
    6,685+77.1%
  2. 02
    England
    5,506-10.9%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    5,053+35.0%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    4,211+7.6%
  5. 05
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    1,558+39.9%
  6. 06
    Fiji
    1,410+34.7%
  7. 07
    Malta
    1,110-4.0%
  8. 08
    Sri Lanka
    993+30.0%
  9. 09
    Pakistan
    964+46.3%
  10. 10
    Nepal
    846+162%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    118,836-6.0%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    64,143+51.9%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    7,161+108%
  4. 04
    Islam
    6,624+59.1%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    2,426+18.2%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    28-50.9%

Where does Penrith sit on the map of Australia's languages?

Shade reflects the share speaking a multicultural languageany language other than English at home; council boundaries are from the ABS ASGS 2021. Explore the full Language Map.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

The headline 18.5% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 13,490 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 24.8%, while measuring only those who answered gives 19.8%.

Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.

Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.

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