52.4% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newington · Suburb / Locality
Language in Newington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all residents in Newington speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This linguistic diversity is a standout feature of the area, with 52.4% of people using another language, compared to just 22.3% across Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 45.1% of people, while Mandarin (9.4%) and Cantonese (8.5%) are the most common other languages. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 9.5% of residents who speak little or no English, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
9.5% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Newington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12962/newington/topic/language