4.3% ▲ +25.1%
Lower than 96% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hunter · Federal Electorate
Language in Hunter
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 4.3% of people in Hunter use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes it one of the least linguistically diverse areas at this level, though the number of people speaking other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used by 89.9% of residents. Very few people struggle with the local tongue, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average and has barely changed since 2016.
0.5% ▲ +17.2%
Lower than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED121/hunter/topic/language