39.3% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newcastle Waters · Suburb / Locality
Language in Newcastle Waters
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English in Newcastle Waters compared to the rest of the country. Nearly 40% of residents use another language at home, which is 17 percentage points above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 39.3% of people here use a language other than English at home, a figure well above the Northern Territory's 32.4%. While this is among the highest rates for similar areas, only 2.5% of residents speak little or no English.
2.5% ▲ —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Newcastle Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70205/newcastle-waters/topic/language