24.7% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Macquarie · Suburb / Locality
Language in Macquarie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A wide range of native tongues are heard daily in Macquarie, where nearly one in four residents speaks a language other than English at home. This linguistic variety is much higher than in most similar areas, reflecting a diverse community where English only is spoken by 69.6% of people.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.7% of people use another language at home, which is a little above the national figure of 22.3%. While Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic and Hindi are common, only 2.6% of residents speak little or no English.
2.6% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80091/macquarie/topic/language