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Hurstville · Suburb / Locality

Language in Hurstville

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A vast majority of the community now speaks a language other than English at home, making Hurstville one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This shift is clear in the fact that 76.4% of residents use a language other than English, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Hurstville, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Mandarin is the most common language at 26.1%, while 18.4% of people speak little or no English, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 4.5%. Cantonese is also widely spoken by 16.2% of the population.

People using another language at home

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76.4% ▲ +2.6%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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18.4% ▼ -10.1%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Hurstville, the largest group is Mandarin at 38%, followed by English only (27%) and Cantonese (24%).

Mandarin 26.1% English only 18.4% Cantonese 16.2% Arabic 2.6% Greek 2.1% Tagalog 0.9% Hindi 0.6% Vietnamese 0.6% Italian 0.5% Punjabi 0.1%

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 Hurstville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11971/hurstville/topic/language