Charlestown, Lake Macquarie

What Charlestown speaks at home

In Charlestown, a suburb of Lake Macquarie, about 1,000 people speak a language other than English at home (ABS Census 2021). No language other than English reaches one resident in 100. The census lists 48 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
13,048
Speak another language
7.9%+18.7%
Languages spoken
48
Born overseas
10.7%

Which languages other than English are spoken in Charlestown?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Macedonian
    126+17.8%
  2. 02
    Mandarin
    110+54.9%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    105+43.8%
  4. 04
    Nepali
    75
  5. 05
    Italian
    54-48.1%
  6. 06
    Korean
    47-11.3%
  7. 07
    French
    37+208%
  8. 08
    Greek
    33-35.3%
  9. 09
    Spanish
    32+6.7%
  10. 10
    Thai
    29-32.6%

Where does Charlestown sit against Australia as a whole?

Charlestown's share is below Australia as a whole.

Charlestown (NSW)
7.9%
Lake Macquarie
4.3%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Charlestown (NSW) is part of Lake Macquarie, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.