Sydney suburbs where the most Korean is spoken at home

Lidcombe has the highest share, at 17.4% of residents. Newington and Sydney Olympic Park follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 168 eligible Sydney suburbs.

Each Sydney suburb is ranked by the share of its residents who speak Korean at home in the 2021 Census — that count divided by the suburb's total population. 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.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census 'language used at home' question — the same source as the language breakdown on each suburb page. Nothing is estimated or inferred about any individual.

No — it counts people who speak Korean at home, which understates the full community: Korean-heritage residents who speak mainly English at home aren't counted. It's the cleanest available signal of an active language community, not a complete ancestry measure, and it isn't a recommendation to seek out or avoid anywhere.

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.