16.2% ▲ +42.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newmarket · Suburb / Locality
Language in Newmarket
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of over 6 percentage points separates the national figure from Newmarket, where far fewer people speak a language other than English at home. While 16.2% of residents use another language, this is still much higher than most similar areas. Most of the community speaks English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 16.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is a little above the Queensland figure. English is the main language for 79.3% of residents, while Mandarin, Italian, Cantonese and Vietnamese are the most common other tongues spoken.
1.2% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Newmarket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32135/newmarket/topic/language