25.9% ▲ +161.4%
Higher than 69% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Macnamara · Federal Electorate
Language in Macnamara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 68.1% of people in Macnamara. The area has become much more multilingual over the last decade, with the share of people using another language at home jumping from 9.9% in 2011 to 25.9% in 2021.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 25.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This group includes speakers of Mandarin, Greek, Hindi and Cantonese, though the share of people who speak little or no English remains low at 2.5%.
2.5% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 60% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Macnamara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED229/macnamara/topic/language