7.1% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newport · Suburb / Locality
Language in Newport
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Higher language diversity than most similar areas defines Newport, where 7.1% of people use a language other than English at home. While this is more common than in nearby suburbs, it remains far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Almost 90% of residents speak only English, and only 0.5% speak little or no English. This last figure is higher than in most similar areas, but is still well below the state average of 4.5%.
0.5% ▼ -26.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Newport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12965/newport/topic/language