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Languages spoken in Westmead

70.9% of Westmead residents speak a language other than English at home, across 74 languages (ABS Census 2021).

16,129

Residents

70.9%

+1.8%

Speak a language other than English

74

Languages spoken

67.0%

+2.8%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Hindi
    1,619-1.1%
  2. 02
    Tamil
    1,382-1.5%
  3. 03
    Telugu
    1,109-0.9%
  4. 04
    Gujarati
    1,038-14.1%
  5. 05
    Nepali
    622+75.2%
  6. 06
    Mandarin
    608-15.4%
  7. 07
    Punjabi
    516+12.9%
  8. 08
    Malayalam
    501+12.1%
  9. 09
    Marathi
    464+58.4%
  10. 10
    Arabic
    438+15.3%

Where residents were born

67.0% born overseas, across 80 countries.

  1. 01
    India
    6,289+6.2%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    640-15.9%
  3. 03
    Nepal
    561+69.5%
  4. 04
    Sri Lanka
    468-34.0%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    374+21.8%
  6. 06
    Bangladesh
    265-5.4%
  7. 07
    Pakistan
    202+21.0%
  8. 08
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    150-11.8%
  9. 09
    Lebanon
    145-5.8%
  10. 10
    New Zealand
    139-21.9%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in Westmead at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    Hinduism
    7,187+8.6%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    3,541-8.5%
  3. 03
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,132+14.1%
  4. 04
    Islam
    1,193+21.0%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    402-12.6%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    40%

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