Rutherford, Maitland

Languages spoken in Rutherford

Only one in 25 residents in Rutherford spoke a language other than English at home at the 2021 Census, with Punjabi the most common. No language other than English reaches one resident in 100. Australia as a whole has a higher share than Rutherford.

Residents
13,186
Speak another language
4.3%+65.6%
Languages spoken
40
Born overseas
7.0%

Which languages other than English are spoken in Rutherford?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Punjabi
    65+550%
  2. 02
    Tagalog
    49+123%
  3. 03
    Spanish
    32+88.2%
  4. 04
    Afrikaans
    30-3.2%
  5. 05
    Malayalam
    30+11.1%
  6. 06
    Bengali
    26+36.8%
  7. 07
    Mandarin
    26+136%
  8. 08
    Filipino
    20+400%
  9. 09
    Urdu
    20+400%
  10. 10
    Italian
    19+46.2%

Is Rutherford more multilingual than Maitland?

The share speaking another language is close to the figure for Maitland.

Rutherford
4.3%
Australia
21.3%
Maitland
4.7%

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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