46.2% ▲ +1422.3%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Macquarie Fields · State Electorate
Language in Macquarie Fields
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive shift in linguistic diversity has occurred in Macquarie Fields, where the share of people using another language at home jumped 43 points since 2011. Nearly half the population now speaks a language other than English, a figure far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 46.2% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is among the highest proportions for similar areas. While English is still the most common at 48%, other frequent languages include Arabic (5.1%) and Hindi (3.2%), and 5.3% of people speak little or no English.
5.3% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Fields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10048/macquarie-fields/topic/language