14.7% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
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.
Nearly 15% of people in Hawthorn speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is a significant local figure, it ever remains well below the state and national averages. English is the dominant language for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 83.4% of residents, with Greek (2.6%) and Mandarin (2.3%) being the next most common languages. About 1.2% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas but still a little below the national average.
1.2% ▼ -50.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.2%
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/SAL40574/hawthorn/topic/language