6.8% ▲ +35.9%
Higher than 53% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Newcastle - Maitland · Urban Area
Language in Newcastle - Maitland
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 6.8% of people in Newcastle - Maitland use a language other than English at home. This is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. While the number of people speaking other languages has risen slightly since 2011, English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 88.6% of the population, with Mandarin and Arabic appearing as the most common other languages. Although 0.9% of residents speak little or no English—a figure higher than most areas—this is still well below the New South Wales average.
0.9% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 61% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 - Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1025/newcastle-maitland/topic/language