1.5% ▼ -60.7%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Macarthur · Urban Centre
Language in Macarthur
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the language spoken by 96.6% of people in Macarthur (L) at home. This means very few residents use another language, a figure that has dropped since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 1.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, the 1.5% of people who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.5% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Macarthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222047/macarthur/topic/language