12.8% ▲ +143.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
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.
About 12.8% of people in Newtown speak a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home by 81.6% of residents, with small numbers speaking Mandarin, Arabic, and Tagalog. Around 4.0% of people speak little or no English, which is among the highest levels for this type of area.
4.0% ▲ +264.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
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/SAL32139/newtown/topic/language