21.1% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hamilton Hill · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hamilton Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in five residents in Hamilton Hill use a language other than English at home, making it a linguistically diverse area. This mix of languages is much higher than in most similar areas, though it sits slightly below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 21.1% of people speak another language at home, with Italian being the most common non-English tongue at 5%. This diversity is reflected in the 2.7% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
2.7% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50609/hamilton-hill/topic/language