12.9% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hamlyn Heights · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hamlyn Heights
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Hamlyn Heights speak a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas, though the total is still well below the national figure. While 12.9% of residents use another language, the vast majority speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 83.7% of residents, and only 1.6% of the population speaks little or no English. This small group is much higher than the figure for most similar areas, despite being a little below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
1.6% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 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.
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 Hamlyn Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21130/hamlyn-heights/topic/language