Georgetown, Newcastle

The languages of Georgetown

English is the only home language for 91 per cent of residents in Georgetown, according to the 2021 Census. No language other than English reaches one resident in 100. Georgetown's share is below Australia as a whole. The census lists 18 languages spoken at home here.

Residents
2,125
Speak another language
5.7%+20.8%
Languages spoken
18
Born overseas
8.3%

What languages do people in Georgetown speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Greek
    18-28.0%
  2. 02
    Italian
    15+7.1%
  3. 03
    Nepali
    14+40.0%
  4. 04
    Macedonian
    13-7.1%
  5. 05
    Portuguese
    7+75.0%
  6. 06
    Samoan
    7+133%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese
    7+133%
  8. 08
    Thai
    5
  9. 09
    Croatian
    4-20.0%
  10. 10
    German
    4+33.3%

Is Georgetown more multilingual than New South Wales?

The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for New South Wales.

Georgetown (NSW)
5.7%
Australia
21.3%
New South Wales
25.7%

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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