SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Willoughby

74,406 residents · 82+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
43.8%
32,556 people
Growth since last census
+6.7%
vs previous census
In context
1.38× New South Wales avg
1.61× national avg
Population
74,406
CALD residents
32,556
Languages spoken
82
Fastest-growing
+37%
Narrative

Why this matters

Willoughby is home to 74,406 residents. 43.8% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 32,556 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Willoughby 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
    Mandarin9,784 · 13.1%
    8.1%
  2. 02
    Cantonese5,804 · 7.8%
    4.7%
  3. 03
    Japanese1,782 · 2.4%
    0.6%
  4. 04
    Korean1,745 · 2.3%
    29.0%
  5. 05
    Hindi1,059 · 1.4%
    34.7%
  6. 06
    Armenian768 · 1.0%
    4.2%
  1. 01
    Spanish565 · 0.8%
    18.4%
  2. 02
    Italian540 · 0.7%
    24.4%
  3. 03
    Thai527 · 0.7%
    9.1%
  4. 04
    Persian (excluding Dari)509 · 0.7%
    0.8%
  5. 05
    Indonesian502 · 0.7%
    1.0%
  6. 06
    Nepali448 · 0.6%
    25.1%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 56%
MAN
CAN
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 56.2%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 43.8%
Mandarin
9,784 · +8.1%
Cantonese
5,804 · +4.7%
Japanese
1,782 · -0.6%
Korean
1,745 · -29.0%
Hindi
1.1k
Armenian
768
Spanish
565
Italian
540
Thai
527
Persian (excluding Dari)
509
Indonesian
502
Nepali
448
Tagalog
446
Arabic
408
Greek
374
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Mandarin9,784 · 13.1%
    8.1%
  2. 02
    Cantonese5,804 · 7.8%
    4.7%
  3. 03
    Japanese1,782 · 2.4%
    0.6%
  4. 04
    Korean1,745 · 2.3%
    29.0%
  5. 05
    Hindi1,059 · 1.4%
    34.7%
  6. 06
    Armenian768 · 1.0%
    4.2%
  7. 07
    Spanish565 · 0.8%
    18.4%
  8. 08
    Italian540 · 0.7%
    24.4%
  9. 09
    Thai527 · 0.7%
    9.1%
  10. 10
    Persian (excluding Dari)509 · 0.7%
    0.8%
  11. 11
    Indonesian502 · 0.7%
    1.0%
  12. 12
    Nepali448 · 0.6%
    25.1%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Tagalog
+36.8%
446 speakers · 0.6% of LGA
#2
Language
Hindi
+34.7%
1,059 speakers · 1.4% of LGA
#3
Language
Nepali
+25.1%
448 speakers · 0.6% of LGA
Use this data

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