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Hurstville - Central · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Hurstville - Central

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Mandarin is the most common language spoken at home in Hurstville - Central, where 28.8% of people use it. This is a highly multilingual area where 80.2% of residents speak a language other than English, a figure far above the national average.

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📍 Hurstville - Central, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Most people here speak a language other than English at home, with Cantonese spoken by 15% of residents. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 18.8% of people who speak little or no English, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.

People who speak little or no English

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18.8% —

Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Hurstville - Central, the largest group is Mandarin at 45%, followed by Cantonese (23%) and English only (23%).

Mandarin 28.8% Cantonese 15.0% English only 14.6% Arabic 1.7% Greek 1.1% Tagalog 1.0% Hindi 0.8% Vietnamese 0.7% Italian 0.3% Punjabi 0.2%

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 Hurstville - Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119031664/hurstville-central/topic/language