17.5% ▼ -51.5%
Higher than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hughes · Federal Electorate
Language in Hughes
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About the middle of similar areas use another language at home in Hughes, though the proportion of people doing so has fallen sharply. Only 17.5% of residents speak a language other than English, which is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 79.2% of the community, while Arabic, Greek, and Mandarin are the most common other choices. Very few people struggle with English, with just 2.0% speaking little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
2.0% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED119/hughes/topic/language