35.5% ▲ +40.0%
Higher than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hornsby · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Hornsby
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher proportion of people speak a language other than English in Hornsby than in the rest of Australia. Around 35.5% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has climbed 10 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other regions.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 61.5% of residents, but Mandarin (8.8%), Cantonese (3.4%), and Hindi (2.1%) are also common. While 5.1% of people speak little or no English, this is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
5.1% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.1%
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).
More for Hornsby
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Hornsby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12102/hornsby/topic/language