8.8% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newtown · Suburb / Locality
Language in Newtown
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 87.9% of people in Newtown. While this is far below the national figure, it is a small community where very few people struggle to speak English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 8.8% of residents use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Despite this, only 0.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure well below the Victorian average.
0.7% ▼ -29.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21938/newtown/topic/language