10.2% ▲ +25.3%
Lower than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newcastle · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Newcastle
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way people communicate in Newcastle, with 85.1% of the population using only English at home. While the number of people using other languages has risen to 10.2% since 2011, this is still far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 1.4% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%. Aside from English, the most common languages spoken are Mandarin at 1.0% and Arabic at 0.5%.
1.4% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11103/newcastle/topic/language