13.9% ▲ +323.5%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hanwood · Urban Centre
Language in Hanwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A jump of 11 percentage points since 2011 means more people in Hanwood now speak a language other than English at home. While 13.9% of residents use another language, this remains well below the national figure. The area is becoming more linguistically diverse over time.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 74.3% of the area, though Italian (5.1%) and Punjabi (3.1%) are also spoken. This shift is reflected in the 4.1% who speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas.
4.1% ▲ +782.9%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Hanwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121049/hanwood/topic/language