SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Ku-ring-gai

122,695 residents · 97+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
35.3%
43,273 people
Growth since last census
+35.0%
vs previous census
In context
1.12× New South Wales avg
1.29× national avg
Population
122,695
CALD residents
43,273
Languages spoken
97
Fastest-growing
+72%
Narrative

Why this matters

Ku-ring-gai is home to 122,695 residents. 35.3% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 43,273 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Ku-ring-gai 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
    Mandarin16,176 · 13.2%
    59.2%
  2. 02
    Cantonese6,886 · 5.6%
    16.0%
  3. 03
    Korean3,120 · 2.5%
    6.1%
  4. 04
    Persian (excluding Dari)1,580 · 1.3%
    32.9%
  5. 05
    Hindi1,115 · 0.9%
    37.5%
  6. 06
    Spanish912 · 0.7%
    19.4%
  1. 01
    Japanese897 · 0.7%
    1.8%
  2. 02
    German587 · 0.5%
    4.6%
  3. 03
    Russian476 · 0.4%
    31.1%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans469 · 0.4%
    1.9%
  5. 05
    Punjabi449 · 0.4%
    34.8%
  6. 06
    Italian410 · 0.3%
    25.3%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 65%
MAN
CAN
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 64.7%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 35.3%
Mandarin
16,176 · +59.2%
Cantonese
6,886 · +16.0%
Korean
3,120 · +6.1%
Persian (excluding Dari)
1.6k
Hindi
Spanish
912
Japanese
897
German
587
Russian
476
Afrikaans
469
Punjabi
Italian
Vietnamese
Tamil
French
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin16,176 · 13.2%
    59.2%
  2. 02
    Cantonese6,886 · 5.6%
    16.0%
  3. 03
    Korean3,120 · 2.5%
    6.1%
  4. 04
    Persian (excluding Dari)1,580 · 1.3%
    32.9%
  5. 05
    Hindi1,115 · 0.9%
    37.5%
  6. 06
    Spanish912 · 0.7%
    19.4%
  7. 07
    Japanese897 · 0.7%
    1.8%
  8. 08
    German587 · 0.5%
    4.6%
  9. 09
    Russian476 · 0.4%
    31.1%
  10. 10
    Afrikaans469 · 0.4%
    1.9%
  11. 11
    Punjabi449 · 0.4%
    34.8%
  12. 12
    Italian410 · 0.3%
    25.3%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Tamil
+71.9%
392 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
#2
Language
Mandarin
+59.2%
16,176 speakers · 13.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Vietnamese
+42.4%
403 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Use this data

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