17.5% —
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hawthorn - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Hawthorn - North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for the vast majority of people in Hawthorn - North. While 17.5% of residents speak another language at home—a higher rate than in most similar areas—this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 78.4% of people, with Mandarin (2.9%) and Greek (2.3%) as the most common other languages. Very few people struggle with English, as only 1.9% speak little or no English, which is a little below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
1.9% —
Higher than 59% 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.
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 Hawthorn - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011519/hawthorn-north/topic/language