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Macksville · Suburb / Locality

Language in Macksville

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

About the same as similar areas, only 4.3% of people in Macksville use a language other than English at home. This is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia, with nearly 90% of the population speaking English only.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While only 0.9% of residents speak little or no English, this is actually much higher than most similar areas. The most common non-English languages spoken here are Punjabi, Italian and Greek.

People using another language at home

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4.3% ▲ +329.6%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.9% ▲ +709.3%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Macksville, English only is the majority at 98%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

English only 89.4% Punjabi 1.2% Italian 0.3% Greek 0.3% Cantonese 0.2% Mandarin 0.1% Arabic 0.1% Hindi 0.1%

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 Macksville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12439/macksville/topic/language