4.0% ▲ +37.5%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Hay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 4.0% of people in Hay use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the New South Wales average. English is the dominant language here, though the use of other languages has risen slightly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The vast majority of residents speak only English (84.0%), with very few people reporting little or no English (0.6%). This is well below the state figure of 4.5%, while small numbers of people speak languages such as Italian, Punjabi and Greek.
0.6% ▲ +41.9%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Hay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/109021177/hay/topic/language