4.9% ▲ +28.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hastings · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hastings
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English has remained the dominant language in Hastings, where 88% of people use only English at home. While a small number of residents speak other languages, the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 4.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than in most similar areas but still far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.6% speak little or no English.
0.6% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Hastings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21145/hastings/topic/language