4.9% ▲ +153.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 remains the dominant tongue in Newtown, where the share of people using another language at home has grown since 2011. While 4.9% of residents now speak a different language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English (91.2%), though the 4.9% who use another language at home is higher than in most similar areas. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.7% speaking little or no English.
0.7% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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/SAL32138/newtown/topic/language