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West Pennant Hills, The Hills

The languages of West Pennant Hills

In West Pennant Hills, about 6,400 people speak a language other than English at home, and Chinese leads by a wide margin, the 2021 Census shows. West Pennant Hills is about level with The Hills. The census lists 63 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
16,481
Speak another language
38.7%+17.0%
Languages spoken
63
Born overseas
39.0%

How many people in West Pennant Hills speak Chinese?

Chinese at home

19%

Most of these speak Mandarin, with Cantonese next.

Which other languages are spoken in West Pennant Hills?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    1,862+35.3%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    1,238+3.8%
  3. 03
    Korean
    384+5.2%
  4. 04
    Hindi
    354-1.4%
  5. 05
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    264+67.1%
  6. 06
    Arabic
    243+1.7%
  7. 07
    Tamil
    204+10.9%
  8. 08
    Sinhalese
    192+3.2%
  9. 09
    Italian
    129-5.8%
  10. 10
    Punjabi
    101+68.3%

Is West Pennant Hills more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

West Pennant Hills' share is above Australia as a whole, at 1.8 times the rate.

West Pennant Hills
38.7%
The Hills
38.4%
Australia
21.3%

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

Which countries are West Pennant Hills' residents from?

China is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    1,447+38.1%
  2. 02
    India
    702+17.0%
  3. 03
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    581-0.7%
  4. 04
    England
    485-11.0%
  5. 05
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    309+0.7%
  6. 06
    Sri Lanka
    307-6.1%
  7. 07
    Malaysia
    2720%
  8. 08
    South Africa
    245+10.9%
  9. 09
    New Zealand
    226-3.4%
  10. 10
    Iran
    223+43.9%

What religions are reported in West Pennant Hills?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    8,489-11.1%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    5,270+30.9%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    940+20.4%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    707+11.3%
  5. 05
    Islam
    407+66.1%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    6-50.0%

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