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Margate · Urban Centre

Language in Margate

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

More people in Margate use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 4.9% of residents speak another tongue, this figure remains far below the national average of 22.3%.

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📍 Margate, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language used at home by 92.6% of people. Those who do use another language are often speaking Mandarin, Italian, or Cantonese, and the number of people doing so rose 2.7 percentage points since 2011.

People using another language at home

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4.9% ▲ +129.7%

Higher than 65% 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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0.2% ▼ -16.6%

Higher than 52% 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 Margate, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 92.6% Mandarin 0.7% Italian 0.4% Cantonese 0.2% Greek 0.2% Tagalog 0.2% Arabic 0.1% Punjabi 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 Margate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615014/margate/topic/language