20.8% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hawthorn · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hawthorn
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Hawthorn have spoken a language other than English at home since 2011, reflecting a shift toward greater diversity. While 20.8% of residents now use another language, this is still well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About one in five people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. English is spoken by 75.3% of residents, while Mandarin is the most common other language at 4.2%.
2.0% ▼ -31.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Hawthorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21152/hawthorn/topic/language