24.7% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Macquarie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Macquarie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one quarter of residents in Macquarie now use a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen by 2.6 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area slightly more linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.7% of people speak another language at home, which is higher than in most similar areas. While English is the main language for 69.6% of residents, others include Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic and Hindi, though the 2.6% who speak little or no English is about the same as the territory figure.
2.6% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011020/macquarie/topic/language