7.6% ▲ +37.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Herne Hill · Suburb / Locality
Language in Herne Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Herne Hill than in most similar areas, though only 7.6% of the population do so. This is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%, making the area overwhelmingly English-speaking.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 89.3% of residents, and the 0.4% who speak little or no English is well below the national figure of 3.4%. Aside from English, the most common languages spoken are Punjabi, Italian, Cantonese, and Greek.
0.4% ▼ -47.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Herne Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21174/herne-hill/topic/language