29.9% ▲ +104.1%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hornsby · State Electorate
Language in Hornsby
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English in Hornsby than in most similar areas. This linguistic diversity has grown quickly, with the proportion of people using another language at home jumping 15 percentage points since 2011 to reach 29.9%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 67.4% of people speak only English, Mandarin is the most common second language at 7.3%, followed by Cantonese at 3.0%. About 4.1% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most areas.
4.1% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Hornsby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10037/hornsby/topic/language