8.7% ▲ +77.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Harkaway · Suburb / Locality
Language in Harkaway
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 86.9% of people in Harkaway. While most residents speak only English, the area has a higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 8.7% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This is consistent with the fact that only 1.3% of residents speak little or no English.
1.3% ▲ +172.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Harkaway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21139/harkaway/topic/language