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Macquarie Park · Suburb / Locality

Language in Macquarie Park

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

About 61.4% of people in Macquarie Park speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level. This is far above the national figure, with a significant number of residents using languages like Mandarin and Cantonese daily.

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📍 Macquarie Park, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 33.3% of residents speak only English, which helps explain why the area is far above the New South Wales average for non-English speakers. Mandarin is the most common other language at 18.4%, and 7.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure well above the Australian average.

People using another language at home

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61.4% ▲ +25.6%

Higher than 99% 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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7.3% ▼ -1.4%

Higher than 95% 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 Park, the largest group is English only at 49%, followed by Mandarin (27%) and Cantonese (10%).

English only 33.3% Mandarin 18.4% Cantonese 6.6% Hindi 4.5% Tagalog 1.6% Vietnamese 1.3% Arabic 1.0% Punjabi 0.4% Italian 0.4% Greek 0.2%

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 Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12446/macquarie-park/topic/language