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Newstead · Urban Centre

Language in Newstead

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

A gap of 25 percentage points separates Newstead from the rest of Victoria in terms of language diversity. Only 2.7% of people here use a language other than English at home, which is far below the state and national figures. This level of English-only usage has remained steady for over a decade.

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📍 Newstead, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 91.0% of residents, and almost nobody speaks little or no English. This is well below the national figure of 3.4% and is much lower than most other areas.

People using another language at home

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2.7% ▲ +11.0%

Lower than 66% 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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0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% 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 Newstead, English only is the majority at 99%; Greek is next at 1%.

English only 91.0% Greek 0.8%

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 Newstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221054/newstead/topic/language