Penrith, Penrith

Languages spoken in Penrith

The 2021 Census found about 2,900 people in Penrith, part of Penrith, speaking a language other than English at home. Australia as a whole has a higher share than Penrith. For the wider picture, Penrith has a page of its own.

Residents
17,625
Speak another language
16.7%+50.2%
Languages spoken
71
Born overseas
21.9%

Which languages lead in Penrith?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    303+61.2%
  2. 02
    Tagalog
    192+47.7%
  3. 03
    Hindi
    160+132%
  4. 04
    Korean
    155+933%
  5. 05
    Punjabi
    129+26.5%
  6. 06
    Thai
    127+38.0%
  7. 07
    Arabic
    124+20.4%
  8. 08
    Nepali
    114+54.1%
  9. 09
    Spanish
    111+58.6%
  10. 10
    Cantonese
    108+6.9%

Where were Penrith's residents born?

England is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    England
    521+5.7%
  2. 02
    India
    479+36.9%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    387+69.7%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    356+40.7%
  5. 05
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    313+86.3%
  6. 06
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    116+214%
  7. 07
    Nepal
    110+100%
  8. 08
    Thailand
    101+17.4%
  9. 09
    Sri Lanka
    97+19.8%
  10. 10
    Pakistan
    87+52.6%

Where does Penrith sit against New South Wales?

The share speaking another language is below the figure for New South Wales.

Penrith
16.7%
Australia
21.3%
New South Wales
25.7%

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

What's Penrith's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    8,001+8.0%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    6,448+82.0%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    537+99.6%
  4. 04
    Islam
    421+84.6%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    317+8.2%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    4-20.0%

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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Penrith is part of Penrith, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.