NSW · Local Government Area

Languages spoken in Newcastle

9.2% of Newcastle residents speak a language other than English at home, across 125 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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165,232

Residents

9.2%

+14.8%

Speak a language other than English

125

Languages spoken

#173

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    1,559-16.2%
  2. 02
    Macedonian
    1,044-4.3%
  3. 03
    Arabic
    851+33.0%
  4. 04
    Greek
    687-5.5%
  5. 05
    Vietnamese
    595+29.1%
  6. 06
    Spanish
    577+42.1%
  7. 07
    Italian
    576-21.4%
  8. 08
    Malayalam
    517+58.6%
  9. 09
    Urdu
    507+92.8%
  10. 10
    Cantonese
    474-8.3%

125 languages recorded in Newcastle(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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