8.4% ▲ +70.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hamel · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hamel
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Hamel than in most similar areas. While 8.4% of residents use another language at home, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 85.7% of residents, with Italian being the next most common language at 3.1%. While few people use other languages, the 3.8% who speak little or no English is among the highest for areas of this type.
3.8% ▲ +239.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Hamel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50604/hamel/topic/language