South Penrith, Penrith

Languages spoken in South Penrith

Most homes in South Penrith speak only English. At the 2021 Census, about 1,300 people used another language, most often Mandarin. None of those languages reaches one in 100 people. The share speaking another language is below the figure for Australia as a whole.

Residents
11,920
Speak another language
10.9%+32.3%
Languages spoken
59
Born overseas
16.4%

What languages do people in South Penrith speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    117+39.3%
  2. 02
    Punjabi
    101+405%
  3. 03
    Arabic
    100+11.1%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    71+91.9%
  5. 05
    Greek
    68+6.3%
  6. 06
    Hindi
    58+18.4%
  7. 07
    Urdu
    49+1125%
  8. 08
    Malayalam
    46+119%
  9. 09
    Vietnamese
    39-7.1%
  10. 10
    Maltese
    37+19.4%

Is South Penrith more multilingual than New South Wales?

South Penrith's share is below New South Wales.

South Penrith
10.9%
Australia
21.3%
New South Wales
25.7%

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

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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