27.1% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hobsons Bay · Council (LGA)
Language in Hobsons Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Hobsons Bay compared to most similar areas. While 27.1% of residents use another language at home, this figure has fallen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 68.3% of people, with Arabic, Greek, and Vietnamese also common. About 4.1% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas and barely changed since 2016.
4.1% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Hobsons Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23110/hobsons-bay/topic/language