27.7% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Madeley · Suburb / Locality
Language in Madeley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 28% of people in Madeley speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind, with a wide variety of languages spoken across the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 69% of residents speak only English, the area has a high proportion of people using other languages such as Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Italian. About 2.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.8% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Madeley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50874/madeley/topic/language