23.4% —
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hawthorn - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Hawthorn - South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 72.9% of people in Hawthorn - South. While more people here use another language at home than in most similar areas, this figure is still well below the Victorian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.4% of residents speak a language other than English at home, with Mandarin being the most common second language at 5.4%. Only 2.0% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
2.0% —
Higher than 60% 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 - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011520/hawthorn-south/topic/language