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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Bathgate Park - Hillside-Portsmouth Drive, Māori was the commonly spoken language after English in 2018.
Bathgate Park - Hillside-Portsmouth Drive's language statistics show the proportion of the population that speaks and understands a language other than English. They are indicative of how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language. Language statistics also provide an indicator for the monitoring of language education programs.
Bathgate Park - Hillside-Portsmouth Drive's language data should be analysed in conjunction with Ethnicity statistics, Māori Descent, Country of Birth, and Religion statistics to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area.
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Multi-response
Languages spoken - Summary | |||||||
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Bathgate Park - Hillside-Portsmouth Drive | 2018 | [Parameter].[EndYear] | Change | ||||
Languages spoken - Summary | Number | % of total population | Maryhill % | Number | % of total population | Maryhill % | [Parameter].[EndYear] to 2018 |
English only | 2,106 | 83.1 | 82.9 | 1,890 | 79.1 | 82.4 | +216 |
Māori only | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Māori and English | 87 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 81 | 3.4 | 1.3 | +6 |
No language (too young to talk) | 66 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 30 | 1.3 | 2.0 | +36 |
Not stated / included | -- | -- | -- | 153 | 6.4 | 5.9 | -153 |
Total population | 2,535 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,388 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +147 |
Languages spoken - Ranked by size | |||||||
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Bathgate Park - Hillside-Portsmouth Drive | 2018 | [Parameter].[EndYear] | Change | ||||
Languages spoken - multi-response | Number | % of total population | Maryhill % | Number | % of total population | Maryhill % | [Parameter].[EndYear] to 2018 |
English | 2,439 | 96.2 | 96.6 | 2,169 | 90.8 | 91.8 | +270 |
Māori | 99 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 93 | 3.9 | 1.7 | +6 |
Samoan | 63 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 36 | 1.5 | 0.6 | +27 |
Northern Chinese | 21 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | +15 |
Tongan | 18 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +12 |
Yue | 15 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +3 |
Tagalog | 15 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 21 | 0.9 | 0.3 | -6 |
Hindi | 15 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +3 |
Malaysian | 15 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +12 |
New Zealand Sign Language | 12 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 |
Arabic | 12 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0 |
Languages spoken - Totals | |||||||
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Bathgate Park - Hillside-Portsmouth Drive | 2018 | [Parameter].[EndYear] | Change | ||||
Languages spoken - Totals | Number | % of total population | Maryhill % | Number | % of total population | Maryhill % | [Parameter].[EndYear] to 2018 |
Not stated / included | -- | -- | -- | 90 | 4.0 | 3.2 | -90 |
Total population | 2,259 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,247 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +12 |
Total respondents | 2,259 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,157 | 96.0 | 96.8 | +102 |
Total responses | 2,907 | 128.7 | 132.6 | 2,721 | 121.1 | 121.5 | +186 |
Analysis of the language spoken by the population of Bathgate Park - Hillside-Portsmouth Drive in 2018 compared to Maryhill shows that there was a similar proportion of people who spoke English only, and a larger proportion of those who spoke Māori, or Māori and English.
Overall, 83.1% spoke English only and 3.4% spoke Māori, or Māori and English, compared with 82.9% and 2.4% respectively for Maryhill.
The dominant language spoken at home, other than English, in Bathgate Park - Hillside-Portsmouth Drive was Māori , with 3.9% of the population, or 99 people speaking this language at home.
The major differences between the languages spoken at home for the population of Bathgate Park - Hillside-Portsmouth Drive and Maryhill in 2018 were:
Note: Percentages(%) are based on total population.
Between [Parameter].[EndYear] and 2018, the number of people who spoke Māori, or Māori and English increased by 6 or 7.4%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 216 or 11.4%.
There were no major differences in Bathgate Park - Hillside-Portsmouth Drive between [Parameter].[EndYear] and 2018.
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