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Macksville · Urban Centre

Language in Macksville

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue in Macksville, where only 4.1% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure, though the number of people speaking other languages has risen by 3 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Macksville, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Around 90% of residents speak only English, leaving Macksville far below the New South Wales figure for language diversity. While 0.7% of people speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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4.1% ▲ +280.9%

Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.7% ▲ +121.5%

Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Macksville, English only is the majority at 98%; Punjabi is next at 1%.

English only 89.6% Punjabi 1.1% Greek 0.2% Mandarin 0.1% Cantonese 0.1% Arabic 0.1% Italian 0.1% Hindi 0.1%

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 Macksville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115099/macksville/topic/language