Newcastle, Newcastle
What Newcastle speaks at home
Most homes in Newcastle speak only English. At the 2021 Census, about 380 people used another language, most often Spanish. The number speaking another language at home has grown by more than a quarter since 2016. New South Wales has a higher share than Newcastle.
- Residents
- 3,857
- Speak another language
- 10.0%+37.6%
- Languages spoken
- 37
- Born overseas
- 17.1%
What languages do people in Newcastle speak besides English?
- 01Spanish42+163%
- 02Arabic30+233%
- 03Mandarin26+23.8%
- 04Italian23+109%
- 05Hindi17-19.0%
- 06Japanese17+325%
- 07Persian (excluding Dari)17-15.0%
- 08Cantonese16+33.3%
- 09Portuguese16+100%
- 10French12-61.3%
Is Newcastle more multilingual than Australia as a whole?
The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for Australia as a whole.
- Newcastle
- 10.0%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- 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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