Main Language

Description

A person's main language as stated in the census. Those who stated 'Chinese' are recorded as 'Chinese (not otherwise specified)'. If a specific Chinese language has been stated, it is recorded separately. Main Language is applicable to people aged 3 and over. As such, this variable reports 'No code required' for the subset of the population where no response was expected.

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A breakdown of the categories in the variable, by code and label.
Label Code
English 1
Polish 2
Lithuanian 3
Irish 4
Romanian 5
Portuguese 6
Arabic 7
Bulgarian 8
Chinese (not otherwise specified) 9
Slovak 10
Hungarian 11
Spanish 12
Latvian 13
Russian 14
Tetun 15
Malayalam 16
Tagalog/Filipino 17
Cantonese 18
Other languages 19
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