56.0% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.1%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hallam · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hallam
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Hallam now speak a language other than English at home, marking a significant shift in the local community. This diversity is far more common here than in the rest of Victoria or Australia, with 56% of residents using a non-English language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 37.1% of residents, Arabic, Punjabi, Mandarin and Hindi are also common. This cultural mix is reflected in the 9.9% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the national average of 3.4%.
9.9% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Hallam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21125/hallam/topic/language