38.7% —
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hornsby - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Hornsby - West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Hornsby - West speak a language other than English at home, with that figure rising to 38.7% since 2016. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the national average, with nearly four in ten residents using a second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language here at 14.7%, followed by Cantonese at 4.4%. While 6.3% of people speak little or no English—which is a little above the national figure—this number has barely changed in recent years.
6.3% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Hornsby - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121021578/hornsby-west/topic/language