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Language in New Port

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary language for 80.5% of people in New Port. While this is the most common tongue, the area has a higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar places.

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📍 New Port, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 15.8% of residents speak a language other than English at home, though this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Mandarin (2.3%) and Vietnamese (2.2%) are the most common non-English languages, and 2.5% of people speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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15.8% ▼ -11.1%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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2.5% ▲ +67.4%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In New Port, English only is the majority at 94%; Mandarin is next at 3%.

English only 80.5% Mandarin 2.3% Vietnamese 2.2% Cantonese 1.1%

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 New Port [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41024/new-port/topic/language