16.8% ▲ +35.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newstead · Suburb / Locality
Language in Newstead
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A mix of different cultures is heard on the streets of Newstead, where 16.8% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is well above the Queensland figure, reflecting a diverse local population where English is the main tongue but not the only one.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 75.3% of residents speak only English, others use languages such as Mandarin, Cantonese, Italian and Hindi. Around 1.2% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.2% ▼ -32.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 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 Newstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32137/newstead/topic/language