11.2% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hamilton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hamilton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Hamilton now speak a language other than English at home than in previous years. While 11.2% of residents use another language, this remains far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.2% of people, with Greek and Italian also spoken. Although 11.2% of the population uses another language and 1.6% speak little or no English, both figures are much higher than in most similar areas.
1.6% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11845/hamilton/topic/language