16.2% ▲ +42.8%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newmarket · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Newmarket
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main way people communicate in Newmarket, though more residents are speaking other languages at home than a decade ago. While 79.3% speak only English, the area is becoming more linguistically diverse as the number of people using other languages rose to 16.2%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is a little above the Queensland figure. While Mandarin, Italian and Cantonese are the most common alternatives, very few residents struggle with English, with only 1.2% speaking little or no English.
1.2% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Newmarket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305031127/newmarket/topic/language