Mandarin
366 speakers
Used at home by one in 30 residents.
Hunters Hill, New South Wales
What Hunters Hill speaks at home
The 2021 Census shows about 1,900 people in Hunters Hill using a language other than English at home, a mix without one dominant group and led by Mandarin. Nationally, the share speaking another language is higher than in Hunters Hill.
- Residents
- 10,956
- Speak another language
- 1,912
- Languages at home
- 69
- Change since 2016
- −3.8%
Which languages lead in Hunters Hill?
Where does Hunters Hill land against New South Wales?
Hunters Hill's share is under the share for New South Wales, though not by much. In New South Wales, 26 councils rank higher.
- Hunters Hill
- 17.5%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Residents speaking a language other than English at home, as a share of all residents.
How does Hunters Hill's language list break down?
Counts are people who speak the language at home; the chip is their change since 2016. Catch-all ABS groups aren't listed.
How big is each language community in Hunters Hill?
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
What's the fastest-growing language in Hunters Hill?
Fastest-growing language
Mandarin
+10.9% since 2016
Mandarin has grown since 2016, to about 370 speakers.
Which suburbs of Hunters Hill are most multilingual?
Across only 5 suburbs, the shares are fairly even, with Huntleys Cove highest.
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- Huntleys PointLed by Greek26%37
- HenleyLed by Cantonese24%91
- Huntleys CoveLed by Cantonese23%172
- Hunters HillLed by Mandarin17%1,503
- WoolwichLed by Mandarin13%109
- The larger figure is each suburb's share speaking a language other than English; the smaller is people. 5 suburbs listed.
What do birthplace and religion say about Hunters Hill?
After Australia, most residents born overseas came from England.
Country of birth
25.0% born overseas, across 83 countries.
- 01England435-7.4%
- 02China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)352+5.7%
- 03New Zealand156-11.4%
- 04Italy119-16.2%
- 05South Africa119-13.1%
- 06Hong Kong (SAR of China)111+5.7%
- 07United States of America109+5.8%
- 08India85+10.4%
- 09Greece81+80.0%
- 10Malaysia70+9.4%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity6,515-9.8%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs3,169+14.3%
- 03Buddhism165+0.6%
- 04Islam129+63.3%
- 05Hinduism104+22.4%
- 06Judaism34-88.7%
Where is Hunters Hill on the language map?
The shading shows how many residents speak a multicultural languageany language other than English at home, on ABS ASGS 2021 boundaries. Compare Hunters Hill with its neighbours on the full map.
ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021: language used at home, by Statistical Area Level 2, rolled up to Local Government Area. Change is measured from 2016.
How the headline share is counted: 17.5% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 745 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 24.3%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 18.7%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
Figures for Hunters Hill itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.
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