13.6% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hampton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hampton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 83% of people at home in Hampton, making it a place where very few residents use other languages. While more people here speak a second language than in most similar areas, the figure remains well below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, though this is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This trend is mirrored in the 1.5% who speak little or no English, which is a little below the national average of 3.4%.
1.5% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Hampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21131/hampton/topic/language