35.7% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hornsby · Council (LGA)
Language in Hornsby
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 61.2% of people in Hornsby, though the area is becoming much more linguistically diverse. Over a third of the population now speaks a language other than English at home, a figure that has climbed steadily over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 35.7% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the national figure and has risen by 7.3 percentage points since 2011. This diversity is reflected in the common use of Mandarin (9.2%), Cantonese (4.1%) and Hindi (2.2%), while 4.7% of people speak little or no English.
4.7% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Hornsby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14000/hornsby/topic/language