Where Japanese speakers live in Australia
St Leonards, NSW has the highest share: 4.9% of residents speak Japanese at home. Below, the top suburbs in each state with rent and courses nearby.
Strongest areas: Chatswood - Lane Cove, NSW 2.1%, Southport, QLD 1.8%, Robina, QLD 1.8%, Surfers Paradise, QLD 1.5%, Cairns - South, QLD 1.5%, Cairns - North, QLD 1.3%, Nathan, QLD 1.1%, North Sydney - Mosman, NSW 1.1%.
NSW
St Leonards 4.9%25 courses · rent $600/wk (2021) · 354 speakers
Chatswood 3%5 courses · rent $577/wk (2021) · 775 speakers
Artarmon 3%1 course · rent $525/wk (2021) · 284 speakers
Northbridge 2.2%no campus here · rent $740/wk (2021) · 142 speakers North Willoughby 2.1%no campus here · rent $590/wk (2021) · 86 speakers Lane Cove North 2.1%no campus here · rent $480/wk (2021) · 246 speakers Crows Nest 1.9%no campus here · rent $550/wk (2021) · 94 speakers Willoughby 1.8%no campus here · rent $583/wk (2021) · 129 speakers Milsons Point 1.8%no campus here · rent $750/wk (2021) · 46 speakers Wollstonecraft 1.6%no campus here · rent $576/wk (2021) · 126 speakers Lindfield 1.6%1 course · rent $600/wk (2021) · 173 speakers
Forestville 1.6%no campus here · rent $650/wk (2021) · 140 speakers Cremorne 1.6%4 courses · rent $600/wk (2021) · 184 speakers
Neutral Bay 1.5%no campus here · rent $550/wk (2021) · 152 speakers Naremburn 1.5%no campus here · rent $602/wk (2021) · 86 speakers
QLD
Parramatta Park 3.3%15 courses · rent $290/wk (2021) · 119 speakers
Kanimbla 3.1%no campus here · rent $450/wk (2021) · 88 speakers Mount Sheridan 2.6%no campus here · rent $390/wk (2021) · 224 speakers Merrimac 2.6%5 courses · rent $463/wk (2021) · 184 speakers
Freshwater 2.5%3 courses · rent $350/wk (2021) · 53 speakers
Edge Hill 2.5%1 course · rent $310/wk (2021) · 101 speakers
Bungalow 2.4%no campus here · rent $270/wk (2021) · 56 speakers Whitfield 2.3%1 course · rent $340/wk (2021) · 97 speakers
Tarragindi 2.2%no campus here · rent $450/wk (2021) · 242 speakers Mooroobool 2.2%no campus here · rent $330/wk (2021) · 156 speakers Benowa 2.2%3 courses · rent $580/wk (2021) · 220 speakers
Westcourt 2%no campus here · rent $300/wk (2021) · 77 speakers Varsity Lakes 2%13 courses · rent $490/wk (2021) · 322 speakers
Southport 1.9%815 courses · rent $410/wk (2021) · 703 speakers
Brinsmead 1.9%no campus here · rent $450/wk (2021) · 107 speakers
WA
East Perth 2.2%234 courses · rent $410/wk (2021) · 253 speakers
Subiaco 1.5%4 courses · rent $438/wk (2021) · 153 speakers
West Perth 1.2%87 courses · rent $400/wk (2021) · 75 speakers
Daglish 1.2%no campus here · rent $295/wk (2021) · 19 speakers Claremont 1%11 courses · rent $460/wk (2021) · 92 speakers
Brentwood 1%no campus here · rent $350/wk (2021) · 22 speakers Woodlands 0.9%no campus here · rent $420/wk (2021) · 42 speakers White Gum Valley 0.9%no campus here · rent $320/wk (2021) · 30 speakers Joondanna 0.9%no campus here · rent $330/wk (2021) · 50 speakers West Leederville 0.7%no campus here · rent $400/wk (2021) · 30 speakers Menora 0.7%no campus here · rent $240/wk (2021) · 19 speakers Innaloo 0.7%no campus here · rent $400/wk (2021) · 69 speakers Doubleview 0.7%1 course · rent $400/wk (2021) · 62 speakers
Wembley Downs 0.6%4 courses · rent $470/wk (2021) · 41 speakers
Shenton Park 0.6%2 courses · rent $420/wk (2021) · 26 speakers
VIC
Elsternwick 1.1%2 courses · rent $441/wk (2021) · 122 speakers
McKinnon 1%1 course · rent $516/wk (2021) · 72 speakers
Caulfield South 1%no campus here · rent $496/wk (2021) · 120 speakers Mont Albert 0.8%1 course · rent $451/wk (2021) · 40 speakers
Caulfield 0.8%no campus here · rent $475/wk (2021) · 46 speakers Warburton 0.5%no campus here · rent $290/wk (2021) · 11 speakers St Kilda West 0.5%no campus here · rent $385/wk (2021) · 14 speakers Olinda 0.5%no campus here · rent $398/wk (2021) · 9 speakers Lake Gardens 0.5%no campus here · rent $360/wk (2021) · 9 speakers Golden Point 0.5%no campus here · rent $290/wk (2021) · 10 speakers Emerald 0.5%no campus here · rent $400/wk (2021) · 27 speakers Belgrave 0.5%no campus here · rent $401/wk (2021) · 18 speakers Ballarat Central 0.5%no campus here · rent $300/wk (2021) · 28 speakers Armadale 0.5%3 courses · rent $421/wk (2021) · 50 speakers
Soldiers Hill 0.4%no campus here · rent $300/wk (2021) · 12 speakers
SA
Hyde Park 1%3 courses · rent $390/wk (2021) · 16 speakers
Dulwich 0.8%no campus here · rent $320/wk (2021) · 13 speakers Eden Hills 0.7%6 courses · rent $388/wk (2021) · 22 speakers
Unley 0.5%no campus here · rent $372/wk (2021) · 18 speakers Hindmarsh Island 0.5%no campus here · rent $330/wk (2021) · 10 speakers Hawthorn 0.5%no campus here · rent $295/wk (2021) · 10 speakers Cumberland Park 0.5%no campus here · rent $343/wk (2021) · 14 speakers Seacliff Park 0.4%no campus here · rent $370/wk (2021) · 11 speakers Osborne 0.4%no campus here · rent $300/wk (2021) · 8 speakers Novar Gardens 0.4%2 courses · rent $165/wk (2021) · 11 speakers
Millswood 0.4%no campus here · rent $420/wk (2021) · 8 speakers Seacliff 0.3%no campus here · rent $350/wk (2021) · 7 speakers Old Noarlunga 0.3%no campus here · rent $305/wk (2021) · 5 speakers Nairne 0.3%no campus here · rent $350/wk (2021) · 15 speakers Coromandel Valley 0.3%2 courses · rent $420/wk (2021) · 12 speakers
TAS
Cygnet 0.8%no campus here · rent $285/wk (2021) · 14 speakers South Hobart 0.7%no campus here · rent $378/wk (2021) · 42 speakers Taroona 0.4%2 courses · rent $420/wk (2021) · 12 speakers
Westbury 0.2%no campus here · rent $260/wk (2021) · 5 speakers St Leonards 0.2%no campus here · rent $290/wk (2021) · 4 speakers Spreyton 0.2%no campus here · rent $279/wk (2021) · 4 speakers Sheffield 0.2%no campus here · rent $200/wk (2021) · 3 speakers
ACT
Higgins 0.6%no campus here · rent $400/wk (2021) · 20 speakers Chapman 0.4%1 course · rent $450/wk (2021) · 11 speakers
Acton 0.4%1 course · rent $9/wk (2021) · 12 speakers
Source: ABS Census 2021, language spoken at home, CC BY 4.0. Suburbs with fewer than 1,500 residents are left out. All languages.