26.9% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Haberfield · Suburb / Locality
Language in Haberfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A wide mix of voices fills the streets of Haberfield, where nearly 27% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is well above the national figure, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Italian is the most common second language here, spoken by 16.1% of residents. While most people speak English, 4.6% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the Australian average.
4.6% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Haberfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11835/haberfield/topic/language