Where the Bangladeshi community lives in Sydney

Lakemba has the largest Bangladeshi community: 15% of residents were born in Bangladesh and 18.5% speak Bengali at home. Wiley Park and Minto follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 102 eligible Sydney suburbs.

This page ranks Sydney suburbs by where the Bangladeshi community is most established, using the 2021 Census. Suburbs are ordered by the share of residents who were born in Bangladesh, and each one also shows the share who speak Bengali at home. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are ranked.

No single number captures a community on its own — ancestry is the broadest (it includes Australian-born second and third generations), country of birth captures migrants, and language spoken at home tracks the actively speaking core. We show every angle the 2021 Census publishes for the Bangladeshi community so you can see the full picture. Ancestry is a multiple-response question, so shares read as "residents who reported this ancestry" rather than an exclusive count. Percentile ranks are computed within Sydney's pool. This is descriptive demographic information, not a recommendation. The census publishes no Bangladeshi ancestry category. Bengali speakers are shown alongside, but the ranking stays on birthplace: Bengali is also the language of West Bengal in India, so ranking on it would fold a second community into this one.

Where the Bangladeshi community lives in Sydney

Ranked by the share of residents who were born in Bangladesh in the 2021 Census, among suburbs with at least 2,000 residents. Each suburb also shows the share who speak Bengali at home — the other angle the census publishes on where the Bangladeshi community is established.

Lakemba

NSW 2195 · 17,092 residents

15% born in Bangladesh · 18% speak Bengali

Wiley Park

NSW 2195 · 10,016 residents

12% born in Bangladesh · 16% speak Bengali

Minto

NSW 2566 · 13,940 residents

9% born in Bangladesh · 13% speak Bengali

Macquarie Fields

NSW 2564 · 14,023 residents

7% born in Bangladesh · 9% speak Bengali

Claymore

NSW 2559 · 2,579 residents

6% born in Bangladesh · 9% speak Bengali

Eastlakes

NSW 2018 · 6,347 residents

6% born in Bangladesh · 8% speak Bengali

Ingleburn

NSW 2565 · 15,264 residents

5% born in Bangladesh · 7% speak Bengali

Bardia

NSW 2565 · 5,747 residents

5% born in Bangladesh · 6% speak Bengali

Glenfield

NSW 2167 · 10,536 residents

4% born in Bangladesh · 6% speak Bengali

Hillsdale

NSW 2036 · 5,647 residents

4% born in Bangladesh · 5% speak Bengali

Rockdale

NSW 2216 · 15,475 residents

3% born in Bangladesh · 4% speak Bengali

Bankstown

NSW 2200 · 34,933 residents

3% born in Bangladesh · 4% speak Bengali

Punchbowl

NSW 2196 · 21,384 residents

3% born in Bangladesh · 4% speak Bengali

Airds

NSW 2560 · 3,265 residents

3% born in Bangladesh · 4% speak Bengali

Kogarah

NSW 2217 · 16,416 residents

3% born in Bangladesh · 4% speak Bengali

Ranked from 102 qualifying suburbs.

How we ranked these

Ranked on the share of residents born in the relevant country (ancestry fragments across sub-groups, so birthplace is the more reliable signal here) in the 2021 Census, percentile-ranked within Sydney's candidate pool. Every suburb also shows all three census angles — ancestry, country of birth, and language spoken at home — because no single number captures a community on its own. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents qualify. Ancestry is a multiple-response question, so shares read as "residents who reported this ancestry", not an exclusive count. Descriptive ABS Census data, not a recommendation. See how we calculate for the full methodology.

Common questions about this ranking

Where does the Bangladeshi community live in Sydney?

Lakemba has the largest Bangladeshi community: 15% of residents were born in Bangladesh and 18.5% speak Bengali at home. Wiley Park and Minto follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 102 eligible Sydney suburbs. In Sydney suburbs of 2,000+ residents, 0.6% of people were born in Bangladesh (2021 Census).

How is this ranking put together?

Suburbs are ordered by the share of residents who were born in Bangladesh. The census publishes no Bangladeshi ancestry category. Bengali speakers are shown alongside, but the ranking stays on birthplace: Bengali is also the language of West Bengal in India, so ranking on it would fold a second community into this one. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are included, and percentile ranks are computed within Sydney's pool, so the list reflects concentration relative to other metro suburbs.

What do the percentages on each suburb mean?

They are different census angles on the Bangladeshi community: country of birth counts only those who migrated and language at home counts the actively speaking core. They rarely match, and seeing them together tells you whether a suburb's community is long-established, newly-arrived, or somewhere in between.

Why don't the percentages add up?

They measure different things and come from different census questions. Ancestry is a multiple-response question (a person can report up to two), so it isn't a clean share of population; birthplace counts only people born overseas; and language counts only those who still speak it at home. This is descriptive demographic data, not a recommendation to seek out or avoid anywhere.

How current is it?

The figures are from the 2021 Census, the most recent available until results from the August 2026 Census are released in 2027. The top 15 is recomputed whenever we refresh the census data.

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Rankings last computed 12 October 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.

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