Malayalam
382 speakers
Malayalam is spoken by 382 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Maitland.
We are Maitland
5 per cent.
5 in every 100 Maitland residents speak a language other than English at home. 4,192 people, in 93 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 89,285
- Speak another language
- 4,192
- Languages at home
- 93
- Growth since last census
- +76.5%
Most of us speak English at home. 4,192 of us do not, across 93 languages, most often Malayalam, Punjabi and Mandarin. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In New South Wales
#54
of 128 New South Wales councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #265 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Punjabi
331 speakers
Punjabi is spoken by 331 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Maitland.
Mandarin
222 speakers
Mandarin is spoken by 222 of our residents at home, 0.2% of Maitland.
The languages of Maitland
93 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.
Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Every language, in order
Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.
Fastest-growing among us
Mandarin
+41.4% since last census
We share this portrait because a council below the New South Wales average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 4,192 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.
Mandarin grew 41.4% since the last census, to 222 speakers. A community growing at that rate is one whose translation needs are ahead of the last set of figures anyone commissioned.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
7.6% of us were born overseas, across 91 countries.
- 01England1,670+18.8%
- 02New Zealand933+31.4%
- 03India794+94.6%
- 04Philippines521+79.0%
- 05South Africa345+29.7%
- 06Scotland207-12.7%
- 07China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)185+38.1%
- 08Germany181-21.0%
- 09Thailand124+182%
- 10United States of America111+35.4%
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Maitland at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity48,358-5.5%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs34,679+84.0%
- 03Hinduism625+100%
- 04Islam530+88.6%
- 05Buddhism456-8.6%
- 06Judaism23+27.8%
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 30 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- Chisholm (NSW)Top language — Malayalam12%558
- AshtonfieldTop language — Cantonese8%376
- AberglasslynTop language — Malayalam6%411
- MetfordTop language — Mandarin6%280
- Gillieston HeightsTop language — Punjabi6%274
- Thornton (NSW)Top language — Punjabi5%572
- WindellaTop language — Punjabi5%38
- RaworthTop language — Afrikaans4%92
- RutherfordTop language — Punjabi4%568
- FarleyTop language — Afrikaans4%26
- East MaitlandTop language — Mandarin4%466
- Louth ParkTop language — Afrikaans4%35
- Bolwarra (NSW)Top language — Danish4%43
- Maitland (NSW)Top language — Bengali3%57
- Horseshoe BendTop language — Cantonese3%13
- WoodberryTop language — Tongan3%91
- South MaitlandTop language — Greek3%14
- Bolwarra HeightsTop language — Arabic3%87
- Lambs Valley (Singleton - NSW)Top language — Thai2%20
- LornTop language — Japanese2%42
- Rosebrook (NSW)Top language — French2%4
- LochinvarTop language — French2%25
- Bishops BridgeTop language — Spanish2%4
- Oakhampton HeightsTop language — Serbian2%3
- TelarahTop language — Kuku Yalanji1%28
- LargsTop language — Urdu1%21
- Berry ParkTop language — German1%3
- MorpethTop language — German1%17
- TenambitTop language — Polish1%24
- Millers Forest0%0
- 30 suburbs in Maitland. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Maitland shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.
In context
- Maitland
- 4.7%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
4.7% of Maitland residents speak a language other than English at home, against 25.7% for New South Wales and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
How the headline share is counted. 4.7% is 4,192 residents as a share of all 89,285 of us. A further 3,544 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 8.7%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 4.9%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Maitland, it is almost certainly one of those two.
Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Maitland figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.
Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Maitland.