10.6% ▲ +174.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hawker · Urban Centre
Language in Hawker
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Hawker now speak a language other than English at home, rising from 3.9% in 2011 to 10.6% in 2021. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure. Most residents still rely solely on English for daily life.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home by 82.3% of residents. Despite the rise in other languages, no one in the area speaks little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Hawker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422021/hawker/topic/language