43.6% ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Macquarie Fields · Suburb / Locality
Language in Macquarie Fields
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Macquarie Fields now speak a language other than English at home. This shift is seen in the 43.6% of residents who use another language, a figure far above the national average of 22.3%. While English remains the most common language, the area is becoming increasingly multilingual.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Almost 44% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While English is spoken by 48.3%, other common languages include Arabic, Hindi, and Vietnamese. This diversity is reflected in the 5.2% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the national average.
5.2% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Fields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12442/macquarie-fields/topic/language