Chatswood, Willoughby
Languages spoken in Chatswood
At the 2021 Census, 36 per cent of residents in Chatswood, a suburb of Willoughby, spoke Chinese at home. The next largest is Korean. New South Wales has a lower share than Chatswood. Residents born overseas most often come from China.
- Residents
- 25,380
- Speak another language
- 60.3%+2.4%
- Languages spoken
- 63
- Born overseas
- 60.8%
How many people in Chatswood speak Chinese?
Chinese at home
36%
Mandarin is the larger variety here.
What's spoken in Chatswood besides Chinese?
- 01Mandarin5,985+5.6%
- 02Cantonese3,128+1.0%
- 03Korean1,233-31.6%
- 04Japanese784+8.3%
- 05Hindi493+43.3%
- 06Indonesian332-0.6%
- 07Nepali257+210%
- 08Tagalog251+55.9%
- 09Thai233+25.9%
- 10Spanish191+43.6%
Where does Chatswood sit against Australia as a whole?
The share speaking another language is about two and a half times the figure for Australia as a whole.
- Chatswood
- 60.3%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
Where were Chatswood's residents born?
Overseas-born residents make up about 15,000 people, most often from China.
- 01China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)5,1340%
- 02Hong Kong (SAR of China)1,434+6.4%
- 03Korea, Republic of (South)1,113-31.3%
- 04India1,018+18.5%
- 05Japan625+2.3%
- 06Malaysia612+23.1%
- 07Taiwan601-10.6%
- 08England531-5.3%
- 09Philippines509+24.4%
- 10Indonesia449+11.1%
What's Chatswood's religious mix?
- 01No religion or secular beliefs12,213+13.2%
- 02Christianity8,225-6.9%
- 03Buddhism1,818+6.8%
- 04Hinduism1,215+45.2%
- 05Islam367+9.2%
- 06Judaism116-35.9%
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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