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Local Government Area · New South Wales

Canterbury-Bankstown

365,961 residents · 140+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
65.8%
240,670 people
Growth since last census
+7.6%
vs previous census
In context
2.09× New South Wales avg
2.41× national avg
Population
365,961
CALD residents
240,670
Languages spoken
140
Fastest-growing
+49%
Narrative

Why this matters

Canterbury-Bankstown is home to 365,961 residents. 65.8% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 240,670 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Canterbury-Bankstown into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Arabic63,566 · 17.4%
    ▲6.7%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese27,861 · 7.6%
    ▲11.7%
  3. 03
    Mandarin19,027 · 5.2%
    ▲11.2%
  4. 04
    Greek17,329 · 4.7%
    ▼6.6%
  5. 05
    Cantonese13,387 · 3.7%
    ▼1.5%
  6. 06
    Urdu9,211 · 2.5%
    ▲39.0%
  1. 01
    Bengali9,208 · 2.5%
    ▲6.9%
  2. 02
    Italian4,865 · 1.3%
    ▼19.1%
  3. 03
    Indonesian4,435 · 1.2%
    ▲5.4%
  4. 04
    Nepali4,390 · 1.2%
    ▲48.7%
  5. 05
    Korean3,405 · 0.9%
    ▼14.9%
  6. 06
    Macedonian3,321 · 0.9%
    ▼4.9%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 34%
ARA
VIE
MAN
GRE
CAN
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 34.2%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 65.8%
Arabic
63,566 · +6.7%
Vietnamese
27,861 · +11.7%
Mandarin
19,027 · +11.2%
Greek
17,329 · -6.6%
Cantonese
13,387 · -1.5%
Urdu
9,211 · +39.0%
Bengali
9,208 · +6.9%
Italian
4,865 · -19.1%
Indonesian
4,435 · +5.4%
Nepali
4,390 · +48.7%
Korean
Macedonian
Spanish
Portuguese
Tagalog
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Arabic63,566 · 17.4%
    ▲6.7%
  2. 02
    Vietnamese27,861 · 7.6%
    ▲11.7%
  3. 03
    Mandarin19,027 · 5.2%
    ▲11.2%
  4. 04
    Greek17,329 · 4.7%
    ▼6.6%
  5. 05
    Cantonese13,387 · 3.7%
    ▼1.5%
  6. 06
    Urdu9,211 · 2.5%
    ▲39.0%
  7. 07
    Bengali9,208 · 2.5%
    ▲6.9%
  8. 08
    Italian4,865 · 1.3%
    ▼19.1%
  9. 09
    Indonesian4,435 · 1.2%
    ▲5.4%
  10. 10
    Nepali4,390 · 1.2%
    ▲48.7%
  11. 11
    Korean3,405 · 0.9%
    ▼14.9%
  12. 12
    Macedonian3,321 · 0.9%
    ▼4.9%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Nepali
+48.7%
4,390 speakers · 1.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Urdu
+39.0%
9,211 speakers · 2.5% of LGA
#3
Language
Tagalog
+15.4%
2,478 speakers · 0.7% of LGA
Sub-regions

Suburb-level data

Click a suburb to drill down to SAL-level figures

Lakemba
16,846 RESIDENTS
83.2% CALDTop: Bengali
Wiley Park
9,954 RESIDENTS
81.7% CALDTop: Bengali
Bankstown
34,628 RESIDENTS
81.5% CALDTop: Vietnamese
Campsie
25,715 RESIDENTS
79.7% CALDTop: Mandarin
Punchbowl (Canterbury-Bankstown - NSW)
20,316 RESIDENTS
77.3% CALDTop: Arabic
Villawood
6,685 RESIDENTS
77.0% CALDTop: Arabic
Mount Lewis
1,503 RESIDENTS
75.2% CALDTop: Arabic
Sefton
6,326 RESIDENTS
74.3% CALDTop: Arabic
Greenacre
26,284 RESIDENTS
73.1% CALDTop: Arabic
Potts Hill
1,452 RESIDENTS
72.5% CALDTop: Arabic
Yagoona
19,247 RESIDENTS
71.8% CALDTop: Arabic
Chester Hill
13,792 RESIDENTS
71.3% CALDTop: Arabic
Use this data

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