NSW · Local Government Area

Languages spoken in Penrith

18.5% of Penrith residents speak a language other than English at home, across 141 languages (ABS Census 2021).

216,014

Residents

18.5%

+32.2%

Speak a language other than English

141

Languages spoken

#111

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 013,890+25.2%
  2. 023,103+88.2%
  3. 032,676+29.5%
  4. 042,360+37.9%
  5. 051,680+28.8%
  6. 061,404+47.3%
  7. 071,373+68.3%
  8. 081,356+29.8%
  9. 091,274-6.6%
  10. 101,167-7.0%

141 languages recorded in Penrith(ABS Census 2021). Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in the totals above but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

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