Port Hacking · Suburb / Locality

Language in Port Hacking

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

English is the primary tongue for 86.9% of people in Port Hacking. While most residents speak only English, the area has a higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar places.

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📍 Port Hacking, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 11.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Greek is the most common other language at 2.6%, while only 1.6% of residents speak little or no English.

11.1% ▲ +13.9%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.7%
  • 2016: 8.0%
  • 2021: 11.1%

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

1.6% ▲ +114.5%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 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.

Language used at home

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In Port Hacking, English only is the majority at 92%; Greek is next at 3%.

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 Port Hacking [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13256/port-hacking/topic/language