19.8% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hunters Hill · Council (LGA)
Language in Hunters Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five residents in Hunters Hill use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the New South Wales figure. This mix of languages reflects a community where English is dominant but diverse backgrounds are common.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 19.8% of people speak a language other than English, a figure that rose 1.6 percentage points since 2011. Most residents speak only English (74.1%), followed by Mandarin, Cantonese, Greek and Italian. Only 2.7% of the population speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.7% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Hunters Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14100/hunters-hill/topic/language