17.4% ▲ +58.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hamilton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hamilton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of residents speak a language other than English in Hamilton compared to most similar areas. While 17.4% of people use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. The area's linguistic mix is diverse but remains predominantly English-speaking.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home by 76.6% of residents, though Mandarin is the most common second language at 2.8%. Despite a high number of non-English speakers for the area, only 1.7% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
1.7% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31289/hamilton/topic/language