5.3% ▲ +78.8%
Lower than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Macquarie · Urban Area
Language in Port Macquarie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Port Macquarie than in most similar areas. Only 5.3% of residents speak a second language, which is far below both the state and national figures. While this is a low proportion, the number of people using other languages has risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 90.1% of the population. Very few people struggle with the English language here, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average.
0.5% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Port Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1028/port-macquarie/topic/language