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Hurstville - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Hurstville - North

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

Nearly 70% of people in Hurstville - North speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, making the area one of the most linguistically diverse in the region. Most of this diversity comes from a high number of Mandarin and Cantonese speakers.

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📍 Hurstville - North, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Mandarin (23.4%) and Cantonese (18.0%) are the most common non-English languages, while English only is spoken by 25.4%. About 18% of residents 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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18.0% —

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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Hurstville - North splits fairly evenly between English only (32%) and Mandarin (30%), with Cantonese at 23%.

English only 25.4% Mandarin 23.4% Cantonese 18.0% Arabic 4.9% Greek 4.0% Italian 1.1% Tagalog 0.7% Hindi 0.6% Vietnamese 0.6% Punjabi 0.0%

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 - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119031665/hurstville-north/topic/language