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Languages spoken in Lake Macquarie

4.3% of Lake Macquarie residents speak a language other than English at home, across 113 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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213,104

Residents

4.3%

+37.3%

Speak a language other than English

113

Languages spoken

#280

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    690+52.7%
  2. 02
    Spanish
    429+28.8%
  3. 03
    German
    395+11.9%
  4. 04
    Macedonian
    373-16.0%
  5. 05
    Cantonese
    370+10.4%
  6. 06
    Thai
    356+44.1%
  7. 07
    Afrikaans
    355+173%
  8. 08
    Italian
    354-25.9%
  9. 09
    Hindi
    285+39.7%
  10. 10
    Nepali
    274+585%

113 languages recorded in Lake Macquarie(ABS Census 2021). Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in the totals above but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

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