4.2% ▼ -33.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hazelwood · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hazelwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Hazelwood compared to the rest of the state. Only 4.2% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. English is the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 88.9% of people speak only English, 1.6% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. Other languages spoken in small numbers include Arabic and Italian, both at 1.6%.
1.6% ▲ —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Hazelwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21155/hazelwood/topic/language