8.1% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newcastle · State Electorate
Language in Newcastle
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 8.1% of people in Newcastle use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country. English is the primary language for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87% of the population, and the proportion of people using other languages has fallen slightly since 2011. Only 1% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
1.0% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10058/newcastle/topic/language