24.5% ▲ +971.2%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newtown · State Electorate
Language in Newtown
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 70% of people in Newtown speak only English at home, but the area has become much more linguistically diverse. The proportion of residents using a language other than English has jumped 22 points since 2011 to reach 24.5%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.5% of people use another language at home, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. While Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 4.6%, only 3.6% of residents speak little or no English.
3.6% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10059/newtown/topic/language