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This FACT indicates the number of people who speak Spanish at home per 100,000 persons in each captial. Immigration from Latin America and Spain is less frequent than immigration from other European countries,and between the years of 2006 and 2011 Australia’s Latino and Spanish born population increased by 6.4 percent.
As per the 2016 Census, the city with the highest proportion of Spanish speakers is Sydney, at 1,167 per 100,000 persons. This is unsurprising, since the majority of Spanish and Latin American Australians reside in New South Wales. The city with the lowest number is Hobart, at 263 per 100,000 persons.