Malayalam
382 speakers
The community has more than doubled since 2016.
Maitland, New South Wales
Languages spoken in Maitland
Malayalam is the most common language after English in Maitland, though only one in 20 residents speak anything other than English at home, the 2021 Census found. Only a small margin separates Punjabi from the leader. Maitland's share is less than half the share for New South Wales.
- Residents
- 89,285
- Speak another language
- 4,192
- Languages at home
- 93
- Change since 2016
- +76.5%
What's spoken in Maitland apart from English?
The largest communities are small, but they're here: Malayalam, Punjabi and Mandarin.
How far is Maitland from the City of Sydney on languages?
In the City of Sydney, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Among 128 councils in New South Wales, Maitland is 54th.
- Maitland
- 4.7%
- City of Sydney
- 33.9%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Each bar uses the same count: residents who named another home language, over all residents.
Which parts of Maitland are most multilingual?
Even across 30 suburbs, the shares stay within a narrow band, led by Chisholm.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- Chisholm (NSW)Led by Malayalam12%558
- AshtonfieldLed by Cantonese8%376
- AberglasslynLed by Malayalam6%411
- MetfordLed by Mandarin6%280
- Gillieston HeightsLed by Punjabi6%274
- Thornton (NSW)Led by Punjabi5%572
- WindellaLed by Punjabi5%38
- RaworthLed by Afrikaans4%92
- RutherfordLed by Punjabi4%568
- FarleyLed by Afrikaans4%26
- East MaitlandLed by Mandarin4%466
- Louth ParkLed by Afrikaans4%35
- Bolwarra (NSW)Led by Danish4%43
- Maitland (NSW)Led by Bengali3%57
- Horseshoe BendLed by Cantonese3%13
- WoodberryLed by Tongan3%91
- South MaitlandLed by Greek3%14
- Bolwarra HeightsLed by Arabic3%87
- Lambs Valley (Singleton - NSW)Led by Thai2%20
- LornLed by Japanese2%42
- Rosebrook (NSW)Led by French2%4
- LochinvarLed by French2%25
- Bishops BridgeLed by Spanish2%4
- Oakhampton HeightsLed by Serbian2%3
- TelarahLed by Kuku Yalanji1%28
- LargsLed by Urdu1%21
- Berry ParkLed by German1%3
- MorpethLed by German1%17
- TenambitLed by Polish1%24
- Millers Forest0%0
- 30 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.
The headline 4.7% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 3,544 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 8.7%, while measuring only those who answered gives 4.9%.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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