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Merewether Heights · Suburb / Locality

Language in Merewether Heights

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

English is the dominant language spoken in Merewether Heights, with 92.6% of residents using it exclusively. While the area is more linguistically diverse than many similar suburbs, the proportion of people using other languages remains far below the national figure.

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📍 Merewether Heights, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 5.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much lower than the 22.3% average for Australia. This is consistent with the fact that very few residents—just 0.5%—speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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5.9% ▲ +15.5%

Higher than 64% 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% ▲ +149.7%

Higher than 70% 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 Merewether Heights, English only is the majority at 98%; Greek is next at 1%.

English only 92.6% Greek 1.2% Italian 0.5% Mandarin 0.3%

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 Merewether Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12585/merewether-heights/topic/language