37.6% ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Northgate · Suburb / Locality
Language in Northgate
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over 60% of Northgate residents speak only English at home, though the area is far more linguistically diverse than most. It is a place where 37.6% of people use another language, a figure far above both the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 38% of people use a language other than English at home, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This diversity is reflected in the common use of Mandarin (6.3%), Vietnamese (4.1%), and Punjabi (3.8%), while a little more than 5% of residents speak little or no English.
5.4% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Northgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41051/northgate/topic/language