5.3% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newborough · Suburb / Locality
Language in Newborough
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Newborough, where nearly 89% of people speak only this language at home. While the area is more linguistically diverse than many similar places, its share of non-English speakers remains far below the national and state figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.3% of residents use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the 22.3% national figure. Only 0.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas but well below the Victorian average.
0.8% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Newborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21922/newborough/topic/language