59.1% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Hurstville · Suburb / Locality
Language in South Hurstville
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in South Hurstville now speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, creating a community where Mandarin and Cantonese are very common. These trends highlight the area's shift toward a more linguistically diverse population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 59.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the 22.3% national average. This high diversity is reflected in the 12.8% who speak little or no English, a figure well above the 3.4% seen across Australia.
12.8% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 South Hurstville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13603/south-hurstville/topic/language