32.7% ▲ +1354.5%
Higher than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Macarthur · Federal Electorate
Language in Macarthur
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of 10 percentage points separates Macarthur from the national average for language diversity, with 32.7% of residents speaking a language other than English at home. This shift is dramatic, as the number of people using other languages has risen by 30 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 61.8% speak only English, Arabic is the most common other language at 4.0%, followed by Hindi at 2.0%. The proportion of people who speak little or no English is 3.9%, which is about the same as the national figure.
3.9% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Macarthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED125/macarthur/topic/language