14.8% —
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newman · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Newman
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Roughly half as many people in Newman speak a language other than English at home compared to the national figure. While English is the dominant tongue, the number of people using other languages has risen to 14.8% since the last census.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The typical resident speaks only English, with 72.8% of the population doing so. Very few people—just 0.7%—speak little or no English, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Western Australian figure.
0.7% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Newman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510021268/newman/topic/language