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Languages spoken in Sydney

33.9% of Sydney residents speak a language other than English at home, across 127 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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202,494

Residents

33.9%

-3.7%

Speak a language other than English

127

Languages spoken

#61

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    18,153-11.5%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    6,071+0.5%
  3. 03
    Thai
    5,758-11.5%
  4. 04
    Spanish
    5,005+43.4%
  5. 05
    Indonesian
    4,414-3.6%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese
    2,342+9.0%
  7. 07
    Portuguese
    2,120+27.3%
  8. 08
    Korean
    2,105-33.4%
  9. 09
    French
    1,926-21.0%
  10. 10
    Greek
    1,910-8.2%

127 languages recorded in Sydney(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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