16.3% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hanwood · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hanwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much smaller share of people speak a language other than English in Hanwood compared to the state average. While 16.3% of residents use another tongue at home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 67% of people, though Italian (5.6%) and Punjabi (5.3%) are the most common other languages. About 3.5% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
3.5% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Hanwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11857/hanwood/topic/language