Bondi Junction, Waverley

The languages of Bondi Junction

At the 2021 Census, 27 per cent of residents in Bondi Junction spoke a language other than English at home, most often Mandarin. The next largest is Portuguese. The share speaking another language is close to the figure for New South Wales.

Residents
10,219
Speak another language
27.3%+10.8%
Languages spoken
47
Born overseas
48.8%

What languages are spoken in Bondi Junction?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    400+34.7%
  2. 02
    Portuguese
    365+29.9%
  3. 03
    Spanish
    326+53.8%
  4. 04
    Russian
    253+1.2%
  5. 05
    Italian
    193+17.7%
  6. 06
    French
    167+6.4%
  7. 07
    Cantonese
    122+35.6%
  8. 08
    Hebrew
    121-4.7%
  9. 09
    Greek
    98+15.3%
  10. 10
    Japanese
    74-20.4%

Where were Bondi Junction's residents born?

England is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    England
    937+44.2%
  2. 02
    Brazil
    388+59.0%
  3. 03
    Ireland
    349+10.4%
  4. 04
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    313+33.8%
  5. 05
    South Africa
    275+70.8%
  6. 06
    New Zealand
    233-18.5%
  7. 07
    Philippines
    156+19.1%
  8. 08
    Italy
    151+17.1%
  9. 09
    France
    133+18.8%
  10. 10
    United States of America
    133+6.4%

Is Bondi Junction more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

Australia as a whole has a lower share than Bondi Junction.

Bondi Junction
27.3%
New South Wales
25.7%
Australia
21.3%

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

What's Bondi Junction's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    4,307+41.8%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    3,464+1.3%
  3. 03
    Judaism
    1,168+13.1%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    199-4.3%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    103+77.6%
  6. 06
    Islam
    74+17.5%

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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