Wallsend, Newcastle

What Wallsend speaks at home

Most homes in Wallsend speak only English. At the 2021 Census, about 1,400 people used another language, most often Mandarin. The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for New South Wales. In all, 58 languages are spoken in its homes.

Residents
13,377
Speak another language
10.7%+12.8%
Languages spoken
58
Born overseas
12.7%

What languages do people in Wallsend speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    183+8.3%
  2. 02
    Macedonian
    124-4.6%
  3. 03
    Arabic
    118+2.6%
  4. 04
    Korean
    63+50.0%
  5. 05
    Urdu
    61+154%
  6. 06
    Bengali
    57+58.3%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese
    49+104%
  8. 08
    Serbian
    46+15.0%
  9. 09
    Nepali
    45+543%
  10. 10
    Cantonese
    41-2.4%

Where does Wallsend sit against Australia as a whole?

Australia as a whole has a higher share than Wallsend.

Wallsend
10.7%
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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