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Hackham West · Suburb / Locality

Language in Hackham West

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary language for the vast majority of people in Hackham West, making it a very linguistically uniform area. While 87.2% of residents speak only English, about 5.4% use another language at home, which is higher than in most similar areas.

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📍 Hackham West, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 0.8% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the national average but much higher than in most similar areas. Aside from English, the most common languages spoken here are Tagalog, Arabic, Mandarin, and Vietnamese.

People using another language at home

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5.4% ▼ -10.8%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.8% ▲ +9.3%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Hackham West, English only is the majority at 98%; Tagalog is next at 1%.

English only 87.2% Tagalog 0.5% Arabic 0.4% Mandarin 0.2% Vietnamese 0.2% Greek 0.2% Cantonese 0.1% Italian 0.1%

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 Hackham West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40545/hackham-west/topic/language