5.6% ▲ +79.1%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Maitland · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Maitland
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 90.5% of people in Maitland. This makes it an area where far fewer people use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the state and country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.6% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%, though this has risen since 2011. This trend is reflected in the low number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.7%.
0.7% ▲ +37.0%
Lower than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10602/maitland/topic/language