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Macquarie Hills · Suburb / Locality

Language in Macquarie Hills

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

English is the dominant language for 92% of residents in Macquarie Hills. While the area has more people speaking other languages than most similar places, it remains far more English-speaking than the rest of New South Wales.

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📍 Macquarie Hills, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 5.7% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is consistent with the fact that only 0.5% of residents speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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5.7% ▲ +52.5%

Higher than 63% 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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0.5% ▲ +50.0%

Higher than 69% 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 Macquarie Hills, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 92.0% Mandarin 0.5% Vietnamese 0.3% Cantonese 0.3% Arabic 0.2% Greek 0.2% Italian 0.2% Tagalog 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 Macquarie Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12443/macquarie-hills/topic/language