8.3% ▲ +78.4%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newstead · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Newstead
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language spoken in Newstead, where 87% of people use only English at home. While the number of people using other languages has risen to 8.3% since 2011, this is still far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.8% speaking little or no English, a figure that has fallen since 2016. Aside from English, the most common languages spoken are Mandarin, Punjabi, and Vietnamese.
0.8% ▼ -53.3%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Newstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011042/newstead/topic/language