Waterloo, Sydney
Languages spoken in Waterloo (NSW)
The 2021 Census found Chinese spoken at home by about 2,500 people in Waterloo, well ahead of any other language. New South Wales has a lower share than Waterloo. For the wider picture, Sydney has a page of its own.
- Residents
- 15,915
- Speak another language
- 37.8%+7.6%
- Languages spoken
- 68
- Born overseas
- 52.3%
How many people in Waterloo speak Chinese?
Chinese at home
16%
Mandarin is the larger variety here.
What's spoken in Waterloo besides Chinese?
- 01Mandarin1,973+7.1%
- 02Spanish528+84.6%
- 03Cantonese474+4.2%
- 04Russian451-4.7%
- 05Portuguese258+51.8%
- 06Vietnamese219+22.3%
- 07Korean192-30.7%
- 08Indonesian188+33.3%
- 09Mongolian167+18.4%
- 10Arabic150-3.2%
Where does Waterloo sit against Australia as a whole?
The share speaking another language is 1.8 times the figure for Australia as a whole.
- Waterloo (NSW)
- 37.8%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
Where were Waterloo's residents born?
China is the most common overseas birthplace.
- 01China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)1,905-3.9%
- 02England907+42.6%
- 03New Zealand408+7.7%
- 04Ireland393+81.9%
- 05Brazil298+103%
- 06India238+58.7%
- 07Colombia237+200%
- 08Indonesia231+18.5%
- 09Korea, Republic of (South)192-32.9%
- 10Vietnam191+17.2%
What's Waterloo's religious mix?
- 01No religion or secular beliefs8,378+35.4%
- 02Christianity4,683-3.2%
- 03Buddhism739+12.0%
- 04Islam349+32.2%
- 05Hinduism238+72.5%
- 06Judaism225-0.9%
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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