50.7% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.2%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hornsby · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hornsby
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Hornsby speak a language other than English at home, creating a diverse daily environment. This linguistic variety is far above the national figure, with 50.7% of residents using another language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the most common language at 45.3%, but Mandarin is widely spoken by 14.5% of the population. This diversity is reflected in the 8.7% who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages.
8.7% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Hornsby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11943/hornsby/topic/language