56.7% ▲ +101.8%
Higher than 97% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hotham · Federal Electorate
Language in Hotham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of Hotham residents speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This shift has accelerated quickly, with the number of people using another language at home climbing 29 points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 56.7% of people use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the common use of Vietnamese, Mandarin, Greek and Cantonese, while 13.0% of residents speak little or no English.
13.0% ▲ +130.2%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
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 Hotham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED222/hotham/topic/language